Philipp Weisser has joined the LFHCfS – The Luxuriant Facial Hair Club for Scientists. She says: During my medical research in the field of radiology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University I grew a magnificent, luxuriant facial hair. The reason for that is multifactorial. First of all, science lets grow magnificent, luxuriant facial hair. Further more, „radiation […]
How Sexy can a Paper Clip get? (study)
In 2016, Prof. Dr. Georg Felser of Harz University of Applied Sciences, Germany, undertook a unique research study aimed at establishing whether everyday objects can be somehow be imbued with ‘sexiness’ in order to enhance returns in advertising campaigns. His experimental study found that, yes, they can – even if the object is paper clip. […]
When were World Standards Day 2017?
Congratulations to everyone who celebrated World Standards Day, on October 14, 2017. The official announcement explains: Each year on 14 October, the members of the IEC, ISO and ITU celebrate World Standards Day, which is a means of paying tribute to the collaborative efforts of the thousands of experts worldwide who develop the voluntary technical […]
The perfect index
Stephen Leacock explained, a century ago, about book indexes. His essay begins: “Readers of books, I mean worthwhile readers, like those who read this volume, will understand how many difficulties centre round the making of an Index. Whether to have an Index at all? Whether to make it a great big one or just a […]