Author Archives: Henry Gee

About Henry Gee

Henry Gee is an author, editor and recovering palaeontologist, who lives in Cromer, Norfolk, England, with his family and numerous pets, inasmuch as which the contents of this blog and any comments therein do not reflect the opinions of anyone but myself, as they don't know where they've been.

Reading

Posted on 17 March 2011 by Henry Gee

A comment on Steve’s blog referring tangentially to one of my own effusions made me think of how many really great popular science books there are out there.. So, here’s an idea. Why not post a few of your suggestions, … Continue reading →

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Regular

Posted on 16 March 2011 by Henry Gee

Yesterday I was in the London Borough of Waltham Forest where, for the third year running, I was a judge at a science debate competition. Teams of youngsters from secondary schools across the borough pitted their oratory, rhetoric and critical … Continue reading →

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Retribution

Posted on 14 March 2011 by Henry Gee

Human beings have an astonishing capacity for five four five things: 1) Double standards; 2) Inability to understand relative risks; 3) Taking things personally; 4) er… 5) … that’s it. Item 1: I spent my teenage years at a Rudolf … Continue reading →

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Rising

Posted on 12 March 2011 by Henry Gee

… is the title of a terrific album by 1970s beat combo Ritchie Blackmore and his Rhythm Rainbows. But I digress. The title of this post is a perhaps witty allusion to the properties of sap at this time of … Continue reading →

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Football

Posted on 8 March 2011 by Henry Gee

As both my readers will know, I am a keen supporter of Norwich City FC, known to its fans as the Canaries, on account of their bright yellow strip. I can haz season ticket and on any Saturday afternoon when … Continue reading →

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Bone

Posted on 6 March 2011 by Henry Gee

I’ve been meaning to highlight Zygoma, a great blog by my friend Mr P. V. of Lewisham. Among other things, he offers, every Friday, a mystery object the identity of which his readers can solve over the weekend. The object … Continue reading →

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It Has Not Escaped Our Notice Area 51

Posted on 3 March 2011 by Henry Gee

There is no intelligent life in Cromer. I am only visiting.

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Creationism

Posted on 2 March 2011 by Henry Gee

A nice little old lady of Mrs Crox’s acquaintance came up to Mrs Crox in the street and gave her a pamphlet which she thought might be interesting, as it mentioned me. I sighed – it was Christian literature in … Continue reading →

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Civitoma

Posted on 1 March 2011 by Henry Gee

Now, look, if what follows gets a bit sweary, you only have yourselves to blame. Mrs Crox, who is a journalist who’s been working remotely for ages, is just about to lose her job – and is unlikely to find … Continue reading →

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Frontlines

Posted on 28 February 2011 by Henry Gee

Just got time to carve a word, or not even that – simply to mark two stories I found today on teh interwebs. This one, on the teaching of evolution in US schools following the 2005 Dover trials; and this … Continue reading →

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