Sains Harry Potter

science must be begin with myths—Sir Karl Popper

The birth of Venus

There are two versions of her birth. In the first version told by Hesiod, she was older than the Olympians. When the Titan Cronus severed his father’s (Uranus) genitals and flung them into the sea, the blood and semen caused foam to gather and float across the sea to the island of Cyprus. There Aphrodite rose out of the sea from the foam (hence her name came from the word aphros, which means foam). She had experienced no infancy or childhood; she came into existence as a fully grown, young woman. The Clam Shell Version.
In the second version told by Homer, she was known as the daughter of Zeus and the ocean nymph Dione. The Cherubs Version. She was married to Hephaestus (Vulcan) and bore children but she did not attend to her domestic duties. In fact, she concentrated almost completely on extramarital affairs with gods and mortals. Her many lovers include Aries, the God of War - this affair was the most notorious of all and the longest - and the handsome Adonis. She was the mother of Eros (Cupid), Deimos (Fair), Phobos (Panic) and Harmonia, wife of Cadmus. One of her mortal sons was Aeneas, by her lover Anchises, King of Dardania. Anchises was crippled by a thunderbolt from Zeus, when he revealed that he had made love to the goddess.
Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli (1485-86) (credit: Uffizi Gallery, Florence)

fashion illustration

Fashion illustration, on the other hand, provides a pictorial expansion that plays directly on our emotions and appeals more to the heart than the head. It subtly conveys far more information than a schematic drawing will ever do, but this is not necessarily achieved by showing detail. More often than not, fashion illustration work by suggestion—they play upon our senses. These are emotive works that powerfully expand on style and content—Martin Dawber

Coveted Cover

I almost never covet non-fiction titles because I think they're hamstrung from the start, what with titles and subtitles and sub-subtitles and a million little dooflitchies that just confuse the reader ... so by the end what you get is a dull litany of words words words that are almost never graphically appealing.

Kompas Gramedia Fair

Contoh kecil untuk menjelaskan betapa tertinggalnya Kompas-Gramedia. Hati saya langsung terhenyak dan bertanya, kok malah BNI 46 ya yang lebih maju daripada Kompas Gramedia? Bukankah ide tsb harusnya datangnya dari KGF? Pernahkah terpikirkan oleh KGF untuk mengusung tema besar tentang pentingnya Sains? Atau untuk acara2 yg tampil di atas panggung menampilkan ribuan pengikut Yohanes Surya yang jawara sains di tingkat dunia dengan bejibun acara2 menarik?