This book originated as a by-product. During my time as the head of the science section of a now-defunct Swiss news magazine, I accumulated a stack of research studies about weird experiments. Unfortunately my editor had no desire to see these in print, because they violated all the basic journalistic criteria: they were utterly inconsequential, […]
Year: 2008
Kids, keep away from chemistry: Bob Glasgow
“To criminalize the necessary materials of discovery is one of the worst things you can do in a free society,” says Shawn Carlson, a 1999 MacArthur fellow and founder of the Society for Amateur Scientists. “The Mr. Coffee machine that every Texas legislator has near his desk has three violations of the law built into […]
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Andrei Alexandrescu joins LFHCfS
Andrei Alexandrescu has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. Robyn Croke, who nominated him, says: I proudly nominate my PI, Andrei Alexandrescu. He is a biophysicist at UCONN. Andrei Alexandrescu, Ph.D., LFHCfS Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut, USA