CNPS 2016 A Success!
The 2016 Edition of the John Chappell Natural Philosophy Society ended Saturday July 23, 2016 with a resounding success as described by those who attended. Don’t take our word for it, listen to some of the attendees for this year’s event: Over 20 videos from CNPS 2016 can an be found on our YouTube channel on […]
Continue Reading...Passing of Alex Scarborough 2009 Sagnac Award Winner
We are all saddened at another passing of a CNPS member and 2009 Sagnac Award winner, Alex Scarborough. He was one of the first champions of expansion tectonics in our group and was active in other areas including Kepler’s laws and abiotic oil. Expansion tectonics being one of my favorite subjects, I am happy the NPA […]
Continue Reading...Conference T-Shirt, Proceedings Submission Now Closed
Proceedings Closed If you have not submitted your abstract for the proceedings, the deadline has passed. If you are working on your paper, you must be finished by July 1st, 2016. Information can be found at: http://proceedings.naturalphilosophy.org. T-Shirt The CNPS 2016 Conference T-Shirt is now on sale for conference goers! If you are going to […]
Continue Reading...CNPS Registration Officially Open!
Registration and Payments Officially Open! The CNPS 2016 registration is now open online! You can register and pay online by logging into the CNPS website, then going to the CNPS 2016 event page. Once you are there, you will see items in yellow for registration and payment. Please fill out BOTH forms. The payment form will lead […]
Continue Reading...Taking Full Advantage of the CNPS Website
With our new group, the John Chappell Natural Philosophy Society, we have some new features to the websites (plural) that should take the group to new levels. Two (Soon to be Three) Websites First, there are two websites: the main website which is similar to our previous website, and a second website for more “community” based […]
Continue Reading...Letter from NPA Membership for Resignations
Dear Members of the Natural Philosophy Alliance Board of Directors including Cynthia Whitney Bill Lucas Barry Springer James Newburn David Harrison Martin Kokus Sam Falaki It is clear that the active membership of the Natural Philosophy Alliance (NPA) has no confidence in Barry Springer and James Newburn, as leaders of the NPA, and is calling […]
Continue Reading...Survery Results
Survey emails were sent to all those all those that signed up for the NPA newsletter which represent people who are truly interested in the NPA. Of the almost 1700 emails sent, 233 responded on the first survey representing over 13% participation rate which is acceptable in terms of surveys with most all of the active members of […]
Continue Reading...To the NPA Members
To the NPA members Re Barry Springer’s Response to Greg Volk and Nick Percival While there are differences of recollection of what has taken place, we observe that Springer’s reply does not come to grips with the fundamental problems facing the NPA: 1. The imposition of the views of Springer, Newburn and some of the […]
Continue Reading...Bertrand Russell Speaks to Science and to the NPA Now
A friend of mine in Brazil sent me this video. It is philosopher Bertand Russell and he seems to speak to science today, the NPA’s own philosophy, and the situation of the current directorate. Here is the live recording made by the BBC with the transcript below it. These words ring true for us right […]
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