In the following publication, Stammers comments on commentators, questioningly: Stanton, N.A. and Stammers, R.B. (2008) “Commenting on the commentators: what would Bartlett have made of the future past?” Ergonomics, 51, (1), 76-84. Stammers is pictured here, standing and staring:
A biography of Tom Lehrer
If you are looking for a biography of Tom Lehrer — and why wouldn’t you be? — here’s one: “Tom Lehrer: Having Fun,” Jeremy Bernstein, The American Scholar, 1984, vol.53, 3, pp.295-302. Here are a few of the many good reasons why you might be looking:
‘Silly Walk’ studies (#1)
“Humans have around 50 muscles in each leg, which are arranged in a way that allows us to move in numerous ways. The flexibility of movement in human legs is expressed, for instance, through the different styles of dance that have existed throughout the ages and humorously through TV sketches such as ‘The Ministry of […]
Things that pop up in databases. Read at your own risk.
One must be wary of the basic data in databases, for typographical errors creep in. These errors lurk there, waiting to surprise the innocent scholar who seeks knowledge and perhaps truth. These errors are rife. A prolonged technical discussion with Ivan Oransky led this evening to a stroll through a citation database. Suddenly there popped up […]