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I can't comment on the exhibits in the NYHS... yet (I'm heading to Queens in
early 2005, tho, yay!) But I will add this: it's not a textbook, but one
book about extraterrestrial life I really liked was "Here be Dragons: The
Scientific Quest for Extraterrestrial Life" by David Koerner + Simon Levay.
Enjoy, SETI fans.

Hic sum draconis,
Jonah Cohen
Outreach & Public Programs Manager
Science Center of Connecticut

"Giant Gambian pouched rats of Mozambique, Tuesday Morning Quarterback
salutes you!"

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   The big missing point, for me, in his review, I think is integral to 
understanding the evolution of pedagogical approach over the last fifty 
years.  Whereas Mathematica derives its content (by&large) from the 
formal educational canon, the way many early Exploratorium exhibits 
come from the less-formal traditions of demos and illusions, many newer 
exhibitions deal with new content and/or new contexts.  There is no 
textbook, per se, that I know of, on the search for extraterrestrial 
life.  I don't remember even a chapter on that in school, yet many 
principles from grade school science are there in the exhibition

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