String Theory
Between this and this and my reading of Feynman’s Rainbow today, I must say that my opinion of String Theory isn’t really… :-) Update: Also (noting it down because I’m too busy/lazy to read the entire...
View ArticleNutritionism
An article called Unhappy Meals in the New York Times Magazine. Nearly 10000 words, every one of them worth reading. Something (possibly unrelated) Freakonomics quorum on the obesity epidemic. And Dean...
View ArticleBiovisions at Harvard: The Inner Life of a Cell
Old news, but I was just digging up old files (specifically, I was going through my music collection, and found this mp3 file I had ripped from): This stunning, breathtaking, enchanting animation (or...
View ArticleBitching about science
For those who haven’t noticed: “Science”, XKCD #54 and PHD #941 are in direct disagreement. The point about the COBE mission, explained by Randall Munroe, is that it gave an amazing fit between theory...
View ArticleMurray Gell-mann
Talks. See TED video. Notice him pronouncing Coulomb, Yang, and even Einstein. Update: Some context: A NYT article. Even Murray Gell-Mann’s credentials — a director of the John D. and Catherine T....
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