How can we speak of science and our scientist without George Washington Carver:
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This is a device that operates in the extreme ultraviolet of the electromagnetic spectrum. I've included a chart for reference.
In the late 1990s, I remember attending a panel discussion of African-American SF authors at Robert W. Woodruff Library in the Atlanta University Center. The panel included my favorites like Octavia Butler and Brandon Massey. It was the first time that I’d ever participated in an event that highlighted a variety of African-American authors in SF. I was elated.
This last year, I’ve had the opportunity to participate in a variety of events that have highlighted Black Speculative Fiction. I attended an exhibit at the Harriet Tubman Museum in Macon, Alien Encounters at the Auburn Research Library, and my favorite event Onyx Con at the SW Cultural Arts Center in Atlanta. Click here to read more:
http://www.aliciamccalla.com/blog/78-the-state-of-black-scifi-2012-i-heart-onyx-con
Dr. Delfyett is the past president of the National Society of Black Physicists. He's authored and published several papers in laser research. He is a professor at the University of Central Florida, Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL). I think he had some say in the naming!
In our image: by 2050, it is projected that the "Roomba," or domestic robots may have a different attitude...
Meet Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. Previously posted as "Strong Force."
A US researcher finds perfect quasicrystal patterns...in Islamic architecture. Ecclesiastes said: "there is no [new] thing under the sun."
Gunbad-I Kabud tomb tower, Maragh
She gave us a reason to love ourselves,
Emerging in the 80s post-Civil Rights, post-loss of
Medgar, Malcolm and Martin, if Michael was the “King of Pop”…
She was definitely “Our Queen.”
What 1980 male college freshman
Didn’t calculate that we were just
One year older than the voice that
Belted from her lithe frame, fantasize
“What we’d do” with 5 minutes of our
Best Mack if we had a chance
(Past her Bodyguard) to step to her,
As if she was “saving all her love for []”…
Her faux feud with Maria Cary set the
Diva pattern for Rihanna, Beyoncé, Jennifer, Latifah and Eve…
Yet, didn’t we laugh (instead of pray)
When she married Bobby, and starred in a
So-called “reality” show, showcasing her
Private demons for public display?
Post-Bobby, with the baby (Bobby-Christina),
She could never hit “the notes” she used to,
Her interviews shaken versions of
Her star’s former hue.
The human voice has depth and range
That cannot be enhanced or explained
In a digital software mix program or
Corporate studio...
Some things of exquisite beauty are
Born in choir robes, Sunday solos and
Christmas shows,
Before the Clive Davis’ discover angels,
Among us,
When NAPHESH kicked first breath
In Eden
And Deity pronounced self-awareness
To a creation with mind, will, imagination,
Emotion and intellect – defining the
Earthiness that we would call…soul…
The best of Adam’s rib performs now…celestial shows.
Whitney Houston, 1963 – 2012
Greetings, all;
Along with being a Trekkie and Whovian, I am also a writer. I'm working on an original sci-fi novel, but that's not what this is about. A few years ago, I discovered Fan Fiction, and I've written some stuff that actually surprised me! I invite you to check out my stories at http://www.fanfiction.net/~computersteve . I would love to hear your thoughts and comments.
The latest is a Dr. Who piece entitled "QED" that features David Tennant as the doctor and Freema Ageman as Martha.
Thanks!
African American screenwriter Tony Puryear is writing a new comics series for Dark Horse Publishing. Recently, Puryear wrote scripts for Jerry Bruckheimer's upcoming Buck Rogers big screen adaptation, and the upcoming Lady Scarface film for RKO Pictures. He is also an artist, and created the official campaign poster for Hillary Clinton's presidential bid.
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Screenwriter Tony Puryear creates edgy graphic novel Concrete Park for Dark Horse Comics
February 8, 2012 in Book Previews, Media Images
New sci-fi epic Concrete Park, written and drawn by Hollywood screenwriter, to appear in legendary anthology magazine Dark Horse Presents.
Tony Puryear wrote the 1996 Arnold Schwarzenegger smash hit Eraser, becoming the first African American screenwriter to pen a $100 million summer blockbuster. Since that time, he’s written action and sci-fi scripts for a who’s who of Hollywood A listers, from Will Smith to Mel Gibson to Jerry Bruckheimer, and adapted storied sci-fi properties like Fahrenheit 451 and Buck Rogers for the big screen. Now Puryear brings his writing and art talents to the world of graphic novels, with Concrete Park for Dark Horse Presents. Concrete Park, Tony Puryear’s first comics project, appears in Dark Horse Presents #8 from Dark Horse Comics.
“Concrete Park is a sprawling epic,” Puryear says. “It’s the sci-fi story I’ve been waiting to tell. It’s a perfect fit with Dark Horse Presents, the legendary anthology comic that served as a launch pad for innovative work by the biggest names in comics, including Frank Miller (Sin City, 300) and Mike Mignola (Hellboy). I’m honored to be in the company of these amazing world builders, and happy Mike Richardson of Dark Horse believes Concrete Park belongs with them.”
Concrete Park is a dark and provocative near-future story. It takes place in a turbulent mega-city on a distant desert planet (think Cairo or Rio in space). Young human exiles from Earth must fight to make a new world there. They are young, violent and ten billion miles from home. In its ambitious scope, it resembles nothing so much as George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, but with favelas and aliens, cops and cyborgs, ghettos and gangs, instead of castles and armies.
Concrete Park was co-created by Puryear and his wife, actress Erika Alexander (Living Single, Déjà Vu), and her brother, writer Robert Alexander, with Puryear also handling the art chores on the book.
Tony Puryear is the first African American screenwriter to write a $100 million summer movie blockbuster. His 1996 hit Eraser catapulted him into a career writing pictures for A listers Jerry Bruckheimer (Buck Rogers), Will Smith, and Oliver Stone. Puryear’s adaptation of the Ray Bradbury classic Fahrenheit 451 for Oscar-winning director Mel Gibson has circulated in Hollywood for years as a legendary unproduced script. His latest script is Lady Scarface for the new RKO Pictures.
A talented artist and designer, Puryear was recently honored when his official campaign poster for Hillary Clinton’s historic 2008 presidential run was added to the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery.
Along with Tony Puryear, other writers and artists featured in Dark Horse Presents #8 include John Arcudi, Brian Wood, Howard Chaykin, Neal Adams, Andi Watson, Al Gordon, MJ Butler and Beau Smith, along with artists Duncan Fegredo (who drew the cover), Geof Darrow, Kristian Donaldson, Thomas Yeates, Mark Wheatley and Eduardo Barreto.
Born on November 23, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr. entered the University of Chicago to study mathematics at the age of 13. He received his B.S. degree as a Phi Beta Kappa graduate in 1940 at the age of 16, his M.S. degree in 1941 at the age of 17, and his Ph.D. degree in December 1942 at the age of 19. In 1942 he was also a Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study. This was the beginning of one of the most exemplary careers of scholarship and application of an American mathematician/physicist/engineer in the 20th century.
A biological computer made entirely of biological molecules. Another WHODATHUNKIT, and now: who's going to write it?
See below. :-)
Exclusive 1st look at DC Comics/Vertigo's intergalactic Mystery in Space
Orginally posted at: http://www.phathom.com/2012/02/dc-comicsvertigos-intergalactic-mystery-space/
Journey to the edge of the abyss with a story written and drawn by Mike Allred! Arrive in the middle of an intergalactic space heist with a story written and drawn by Paul Pope! Loaded with unsettling stories that will hijack your imagination and and take you to strange mysterious places Mystery in Space will also include stories by fantasy and science fiction writer Nnedi Okorafor with art by Michael Wm. Kaluta, novelist and comic book writer Robert Rodi with art by Sebastian Fiumara, as well as Ann Nocenti, Fred Harper, Andy Diggle, Davide Gianfelice, Steve Orlando, Francesco Trifogli, Ming Doyle and others.
Here's the exclusive reveal the variant cover by the awesomely talented Mike Allred, (Madman, iZombie). The main cover will be by Ryan Sook.
Greetings i am a gifted character artist looking to branch out and meet new people. I have an idea and i am looking for a writer who can see my vision of my character and his story. I am looking for serious minded individuals please i have been having this on my mind for years now, and i just don't know what direction i can take this in so i am looking for a bit of guidance and direction on how i should take this.
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is the youngest Director in the history of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. Like most of us, he had a "price" to pay to get to where he is: he merely "paid the extra social tax." Go to 29:30 of the embed to listen to his remarkable story of perserverence and tenacity.
Does supersolidity exist? It is a quantum state of matter.
"Education was the secular god of the black community"(a quote I remember, but have no sources for it).
"Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.
"When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions." Carter G. Woodson
Latin for "Not Alone." Apparently, an uprising against Elsevier, a massive online scientific journal. 2,400 academics have refused to publish anything, siting cost mostly. See details at link and link on the blog.
Dr. Mae C. Jemison, MD: not only was she an astronaut, not only a medical doctor, sister studied African and African American Studies. How more down could you be (and smart)?
The Limit as it Approaches...is a term from Calculus, that describes essentially the definition of a derivative. Sadly, it is how science is now: essentially dominated by white males with females of all cultures and minorities numerically...minorities.
Dr. Elvira Williams is featured on this post.
She believed in me and taught me General Physics II and Electromagnetic Field Theory. This is not my Diaspora post, but it is related. More of "other than" have to represent in science and speculative fiction.
