Because I am the epitome of literary dork
I was tagged by mad_reflections for this book meme, so here goes.
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next three sentences in your journal along with these instructions
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
6. Tag five other people to do the same.
Note: The book nearest to me has nothing on page 23. It's a blank page between the prologue and the first essay. I used page 33 instead.
Tagging: rez_lo, besyd, permissionslip, ageofaquarius and akathorne
Turned out that in space, gaseous nebulae are so rarefied that atoms go long stretches without colliding with each other. Under these conditions, electrons can do things within atoms that had never before been seen in Earth labs. Nebulium was simply the signature of ordinary oxygen doing extraordinary things.
~ Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries: Neil DeGrasse Tyson
I'm not really a science person, but I do like to read about random, interesting topics. Plus this book is funny. It's a nerdy kind of humour, but isn't that the best kind anyway?
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next three sentences in your journal along with these instructions
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
6. Tag five other people to do the same.
Note: The book nearest to me has nothing on page 23. It's a blank page between the prologue and the first essay. I used page 33 instead.
Tagging: rez_lo, besyd, permissionslip, ageofaquarius and akathorne
Turned out that in space, gaseous nebulae are so rarefied that atoms go long stretches without colliding with each other. Under these conditions, electrons can do things within atoms that had never before been seen in Earth labs. Nebulium was simply the signature of ordinary oxygen doing extraordinary things.
~ Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries: Neil DeGrasse Tyson
I'm not really a science person, but I do like to read about random, interesting topics. Plus this book is funny. It's a nerdy kind of humour, but isn't that the best kind anyway?