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Oh snap – Maurice Wilkes on Alan Turing

Posted on March 25, 2010 by admin

He was a real mathematician except that he only learned one little bit of mathematics and then didn’t learn any more. He was no practical organizer and, well, if you had Turing around in the place you wouldn’t get it … Continue reading →

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Peer review in the electronic age

Posted on March 23, 2010 by admin

In academic computer science, conferences are often more important than journals, but The current system of publication in biomedical research provides a distorted view of the reality of scientific data that are generated in the laboratory and clinic. This system … Continue reading →

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Continuing mathematician sanity thread: Boltzmann

Posted on March 17, 2010 by admin

[Boltzmann] Opposition to his ideas was harsh and his moods were volatile. Despondent, fearing disintegration of his theories,he hanged himself in 1906. It wasn’t his first suicide attempt, but it was his most successful. This kind of expresses the mood … Continue reading →

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