[As] Paul S. Peercy, dean of engineering at the University of Wisconsin and chair of the Engineering Dean?s Council at the American Society for Engineering Education put it: “I used to say, ‘look around, everything except the plants are engineered.? Now I say, ‘look around, everything and some of the plants are engineered.’” [This passage […]
Secret lives of numbers
The authors conducted an exhaustive empirical study, with the aid of custom software, public search engines and powerful statistical techniques, in order to determine the relative popularity of every integer between 0 and one million. So say the persons behind the project known as “The Secret Lives of Numbers.” (Thanks to David Weinberger for bringing […]
Jatila van der Veen – Davis joins LFHCfS
Jatila van der Veen – Davis has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. She says: I am a geophysicst by my first graduate degree; have taught physics and astronomy at high school and college for 14 years, and am now getting a PhD in Physics Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara. […]
Kevin Plaxco and Lisa Plaxco join JFHCfS
Kevin W. Plaxco and Lisa M. Plaxco have joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. Jing Xu, who nominated them, says: I would like to nominate my thesis adviser, Kevin W. Plaxco, and his wife, Lisa M. Plaxco. Both hold degrees from Caltech (Kevin with PhD. in Biology, and Lisa with B.S. in Chemistry). […]