Ever wonder how it has come to pass that Minneapolis--hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean--can have sushi-quality fish on the tables of two dozen restaurants every night? Or why Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market has become a tourist attraction? Or why tuna ranches have become large enough that you can see them on Google Maps?Well, … Continue reading Maguro, Kudasai
Author: Anders
Rocking Readers
Where do young readers come from? North Minneapolis' Plymouth Christian Youth Center knows that getting kids in the habit of reading pays off for the rest of their lives, so they run the Rocking Readers program. Volunteers meet once a week with kindergarters in one-to-one reading sessions in local public schools. Last year, they found … Continue reading Rocking Readers
You Heard It Here First
Britain's Royal Society announced its shortlist of titles for the best science book of the past year. (See the details here.) Previous winners of the £10,000 prize include Bill Bryson, Stephen Hawking and the eminent string theorist Brian Greene (author of the bestseller The Fabric of the Cosmos).I mention this because a) one of the … Continue reading You Heard It Here First
Musings from Magers and Quinn 