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New way to look at death (and life)

08/28/2018 By Ellen Beals 2 Comments

This past weekend I went to a memorial service and I’m inspired to share something with you. You may be familiar with it since it was featured on NPR in June of 2005, but it was new to me – it is “Eulogy from a Physicist” by Aaron Freeman. Aaron Freeman lives in the Chicago area; I’ve known of him through his comedy and journalism. But I guess he is also a physicist. You may also want to check out “My Inner Particle” by Aaron Freeman, which appeared in Symmetry … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Aaron Freeman, All Things Considered, Death, death and thermodynamics, Ellen Wade Beals, Eulogy from a Physicist, Funeral planning, My Inner Particle, NPR, Photography, Physicist, Poetry, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Symmetry Magazine, Weighed Words

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