Scholarly Explorer Gifts

"I'll probably never be able to cast knowing glances."

I should be a writer when I grow up...

Typical Brain Versus Einstein's Brain

'Does this have anything to do with Einstein's theory of relativity?'

Eternal Student.

Thinking Gears

Uncle demonstrating chemical experiments to children

The Bookworm

Molecular Biology and Cosmology buildings

Reading my Critics

'In school today, we learned about endangered species.'

'That's about it so far, Son.'

"Pssst! Do you have anything on American history?"

'Desert island cartoons - and you?'

Continuing education.

"Looks like we grafted a few too many human genes into the kohlrabi."

Paranormal A-Z...

"It turns out that if you give a hundred monkeys a hundred typewriters, eventually they'll turn out the work of Tarantino."

Eagle (The Divine Comedy).

Archimedes, Galileo, Copernicus

"Philosophy Department. Why may I direct your call?"

Around the Dogbox in 80 Days.

Now showing, at a University near you...

"That's five votes for In The Midst of Winter....three votes for The Hollow Ground....and, again, one vote for Moby-Dick."

Paul Ree

Type A Freshman - changed courses four times, got a job, organized a protest, quit the job, plans to take second semester abroad.

'If your calculations are correct, this completely revolutionizes everything we thought we knew about why chalk squeaks on a blackboard!'

"This is a test. This is only a test. IF this had been the real world it'd be your job you'd be fighting for, not a letter of the alphabet."

Isabel Allende

Günter Grass

'I like the history professor but I think he's mired in the past.'

"He just found that 'pillage' rhymes with 'village'."

'You did help Junior with his science project.'

School. Learning is a lifelong process. It's only the graduation ceremonies that end.

'My name is Jeremy and I approved this message.'