Blog #4: Bryson Reading (chapter 5-6)

Rocks, earth, yea it all matters,

our 6th planet is the wonderful Saturn.

thanks to Hutton, he found new things,

soil, volcanoes, maybe diamond rings.

science is the key, we really need it,

Open up your brain, then you can see it.

Kelvin and John tried to figure out the Earth's age,

but now it's your turn, time to hit the math stage!

Blog #3: Bryson Reading (chapter 4)

Quote: ....."Conceal it for some time, that others might know how to value it."

*This quote, said by Hooke, stood out to me because I was able to agree and engage with it. It's usually true that when someone has a secret, people that want to know it becomes more anxious and interested. I think that this belief of his really helped him to mold his way of living and perspective of communicating and portraying his thoughts to people.

Question: Why was Hooke valued for taking credit for ideas that weren't his own?

*This question came to mind because I just don't understand why anyone would want to be valued for something like that. It would've been a lot better for him to come up with his own ideas, so that people could potentially value him as an individual, and even more interesting as the first person to describe cell.

Comment: For the most part, this chapter of the reading was interesting. Sometimes when we as students think about scientist and mathematicians, we don't necessarily take the time to think about the obstacles and long days and nights that they went through to give us the math and science tools that we are currently able to use and learn from today.