Today’s Physics Exercise of the Day: Calculate the forces acting upon the mustache of Paul Karl Ludwig Drude. Drude was editor of the journal Annelin der Physik from 1900 to 1906.
Croissant’s agnotology of ignorance and absence
Behold what Croissant hath wrought about things that aren’t there: “Agnotology: Ignorance and Absence or Towards a Sociology of Things That Aren’t There,” Jennifer L. Croissant,” Social Epistemology, vol. 28, no. 1, 2014, pages 4-25. (Thanks to investigator @Bucksi for bringing this to our attention.) the author, at the University of Arizona, explains: “The study […]
Holes in doughnuts – the philosophical implications (part 1)
Achille C. Varzi, who is Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, New York, is interested in the philosophical implications of holes and voids, prompting a unique investigation into a special subset of hole-bearing entities – namely doughnuts (that’s ‘donuts’ US). “A doughnut always comes with a hole. If you think you can come up with […]
Improbable event Tuesday night at Conway Hall
Join us Tuesday, March 18, at Conway Hall, London, at 7:00 pm, for an evening of Improbable Dramatic Readings from bizarre, genuine research reports. Marc Abrahams will ringlead a gaggle of glorious dramatic readers. Said gaggle includes: Stevyn Colgan [QI]; Julie Gould [Nature]; Kate Arkless Gray; Trish Groves [BMJ]; James Harkin [QI]; Polina Harkin [St Luke’s]; Valerie Jamieson [New Scientist]; Alok Jha [The Guardian]; Imran […]