Newton and the Planets
The cartoon below, by Sidney Harris from the American Scientist magazine, illustrates one of the mysteries of science: How does a scientist create a brilliant insight? Is it an act […]
Category: Hypothesis
Databases of Passion
Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make me a match, Find me a find, Catch me a catch… Fiddler on the Roof, Musical, 1964. The matchmaker used to be a person. She was almost […]
A Virtual University Profile – Wordsmith Jarvinen
The world is changed I feel it in the water I feel it in the earth I smell it in the air Much that once was is lost For none […]
Super Supercomputing
Back in the early 1980’s when Most of us had Apple II and IBM PC personal computers, my colleague and I dreamed of having a Cray-1 supercomputer to use for […]