This is science :::

http://www.forbes.com/profile/charles-koch/

http://blueinalabama.wordpress.com/2012/08/18/whats-the-matter-with-america/

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/16/progressives-to-uncloak-the-secret-financers-behind-the-tea-party/

It is the science of  'following money' back to where it comes from and finding out WHY the people funnel it to the places they do. I do not have a name for this science ... but its a science in/of  this modern world

This picture is of Jeremy Britt, who was here playing Sherlock Holmes, who does play a violin in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's books. he was the best and the only Holmes ever.  

I am giving book reviews of two Sherlock Holmes mysteries. The first is of Study in Scarlet, but first I need to say that this is the book that finds Holmes and Dr. John Watson at their first acquaintance. Watson has just come to England, after being in the military in Afghanistan during a war. His shoulder was wounded by a bullet. All of this Holmes deduces upon their first meeting. They have met in order to share quarters together and split the rent. Holme's incredible art for deduction is unbelievable to Watson as to how he arrives at conclusions with what appear to be few clues. Holmes breaks this and a couple of other mysteries down for Watson step by step, and Watson does come to believe that Holmes is an unbelievably good detective. Holmes is not a police detective, but a type of detective consultant, who does not get paid for his work. He is also a scientist in some areas, sometimes a candidate for OCD medicine, a violinist, and a cocaine and morphine user, to boot. Okay, enough introduction. Here is my first book review.

A Study in Scarlet, by Arthur Conan Doyle--a Sherlock Holmes mystery

The premise of this story, in a nutshell, is that Sherlock Holmes receives a letter from someone telling him that a murder has taken place in an otherwise empty house. The victim's cause of death is not immediately known, as there are no wounds or blood seen on his body. There is a woman's wedding ring amongst the evidence and a message on the wall written by another unknown person, in his or her blood. The plot is very complex, and of course Holmes is just the person to solve such a crime. The Scotland Yard police detectives are portrayed as incapable of solving any crime by themselves without Holmes's help, and taking most or all of the credit. It is nearly impossible to guess at the conclusion to this case, and Sherlock Holmes really does has his work cut out for him.

This is madam Curie . She was a polish chick who was a super-scientist. Her story is well known.

She was the first (or one of) Lady super-scientists in Physics and Chemistry . When she made the discoveries she had to give her Husband the credit . Later she got the credit herself. 

Anyway ...I have many WOMAN-FIRST-TIMERS here at my site .You must scroll back to the posts about the first Programmer of all time and the first Sci-Fi. writer of all time. 

One thousand years ago this year, a Japanese court lady put the finishing touches on what would become the world’s oldest novel. Spanning 75 years, more than 350 characters and brimming with romantic poems, “The Tale of Genji” tells the story of an emperor’s son, his quest for love and the many women he meets along the way.

On April 18, Washington University will celebrate the novel’s 1,000th birthday with two afternoon events in the Women’s Building Formal Lounge — a roundtable discussion at 1 p.m. and the annual Stanley Spector Memorial Lecture at 4 p.m.

If the mark of a great novel is its ability to stand the “test of time” — to remain captivating to readers from generation to generation — then “The Tale of Genji” more than meets this criteria, said Rebecca Copeland, Ph.D., professor of Japanese language and literature and co-organizer of the Genji celebration.

Now a central pillar of the Japanese literary canon, the book has inspired writers and artists working in every conceivable genre and medium and has been translated into more than 30 languages.

“One thing that I find remarkable about this event is that the work that we are celebrating was written by a Japanese women,” Copeland said.

“Not only is the work the oldest novel in the world (if we stretch our concept of ‘novel’) but it was written by a woman from a society that most Westerners consider chauvinistic,” Copeland said.

The roundtable brings together noted Genji scholars to discuss how this important literary work has survived the centuries, thriving well beyond Japan’s borders through a variety of adaptations that encompass medieval reworkings, early modern parodies, modern translations and even contemporary comic books.

oldest complete book IN THE WORLD ! (maybe).
it happens to be a hymn book , but its still a book !
Sumerian Temple Hymn, baked clay, circa between 1800 and 1600 BC (Old Babylonian), currently located at the Walters Art Museum.

This tablet, inscribed on all four sides, is one of the best preserved copies of the Sumerian hymn to the temple at Kesh. The popular hymn, written in praise of the temple built for the mother-goddess Nintu in the city of Kesh in southern Mesopotamia, describes the temple in both physical and heavenly terms.