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Scieticity is Ars Hermeneutica's program for increasing science literacy. It includes several projects, of which this wiki is currently home to three: the Science-Book Challenge, Science Book Notes, and Science Time-Capsules.

The Scienticity Home Page is the center of it all, where you will find the best program overview, plus links & related stuff.

Take the Science-Book Challenge 2009!

Share your interest in reading good science writing and help Ars Hermeneutica encourage others to enjoy good science writing.

Read the rules for the 2009 Science-Book Challenge, choose your books, then enjoy and learn!

New and Noteworthy

Book Notes David Michaels, Doubt is Their Product : How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health Jill Bolte Taylor, My Stroke of Insight : A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey William Meller, Evolution Rx : A Physician’s Guide to Harnessing our Innate Capacity for Health and Healing Richard A. Muller, Physics for Future Presidents : The Science Behind the Headlines Andrew Chaikin, A Passion for Mars : Intrepid Explorers of the Red Planet Simon Winchester, Krakatoa : The Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883

Time Capsules Starlings Arrive in North America : Shakespeare inspires the introduction of starlings Legislating the Value of Pi : a legislative curiosity from the late 19th century Surveying the American West describes the role of geography in the Westward expansion of America in the late 1800's Citizens' Alliances for Science formed to keep science classes reserved for science in public schools Statements on Teaching Evolution quote a diversity of sources on why the science classroom should teach science Evolution and the Vatican : papal teachings over the last 130 years