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Science Traveler to Sponsor Chesapeake-Potomac Regional Chapter of SETAC in 2014

For the second year in a row Science Traveler (i.e., this website) will be an Associate Sponsor of the Chesapeake Potomac Regional Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. I have been involved with SETAC for more than … Continue reading →

Book Review – When [Abraham] Lincoln Died by Ralph Borreson

When Lincoln Died is a wonderful old book published in 1965 by Ralph Borreson, who had a lifelong fascination with Abraham Lincoln. Borreson has successfully pulled together old photographs and drawings from every facet of the time from Lincoln’s death … Continue reading →

Me and Nikola Tesla and Bono at the Tesla Memorial Conference

Bono was there. I was there. Were you there? “There” is the New Yorker Hotel on January 11, 2014. And the occasion was the 2nd Annual Nikola Tesla Memorial Conference, sponsored by the Tesla Science Foundation. It was a day … Continue reading →

Nikola Tesla has his own App for iPhone and Android

One of the most amazing things about Nikola Tesla was that he was a man far ahead of his time.He pushed for renewable energy as early as 1895 at Niagara Falls. In 1898 he was demonstrating a remote controlled boat … Continue reading →

Nikola Tesla Returns to the New Yorker Hotel – And So Can You!

Nikola Tesla lived in the New Yorker Hotel for the last ten years of his life, passing away in Room 3327 on January 7, 1943. Last year I joined the Tesla Science Foundation for their Tesla Memorial Conference. And this … Continue reading →

Oh What a Year (aka, Tesla Rules!)

It seems like January 2013 was a blink away, but somehow an entire year has passed and that blink away is now January 2014. But oh what a year it was. A year of transitions, a year of excitement, and … Continue reading →

Mini Book Review – The Crater by John Cannan

I hope everyone is having a great holiday break. I’ll be back with more on Nikola Tesla later, but here’s a mini book review of The Crater by John Cannan (just published on Goodreads). Author John Cannan brings us into … Continue reading →

An Abraham Lincoln (and Nikola Tesla) Christmas

In 1834, as an Illinois legislator, the 25-year-old Abraham Lincoln voted against closing the state government on Christmas day. He felt that elected officials should keep the day a workday “because he felt he would be wasting taxpayers’ money if … Continue reading →

Abraham Lincoln Book Acquisitions for 2013

There are over 15,000 books that have been written about Abraham Lincoln. At least that’s the number that is bandied about whenever someone talks about Lincoln books. Whether that number includes books about the Civil War or just books focused … Continue reading →

Book Review – [Abraham] Lincoln and the Tools of War by Robert V. Bruce

As I do research on Abraham Lincoln for a forthcoming book I periodically post reviews of some of the more interesting and relevant Lincoln scholarship. Which led me to this great book dating back to 1956 called Lincoln and the … Continue reading →