The Government of Iceland commissioned and has now received a massive report about the co-winners of the 2009 Ig Nobel Economics Prize. The official word: The Special Investigation Commission (SIC) delivered its report to Althingi on April 12 2010. The Commission was established by Act No. 142/2008 by Althingi, the Icelandic Parliament, in December 2008, […]
Tag: Analysis
Analysis of sidewalk fractures
Geology professor Charles Onasch of Bowling Green State University suggests a lesson in observation and analysis: ANALYSIS OF SIDEWALK FRACTURES Summary Using fractures in sidewalks as an analog for natural outcrops, students learn to make systematic observations, measure the orientation and location of fractures, manipulate and analyze data, and consider some kinematic and dynamic questions […]
The Journal of Cartoon Over-analyzations.
When reading the The Journal of Cartoon Over-analyzations, see especially the section called “Comparing Sympathies: Tom and Wile E. Coyote” Coyote, on the other hand, is in a desperate situation. He and Roadrunner appear to be the only living organisms (besides cacti) in the vast desert expanse they inhabit. If Coyote wants dinner, Roadrunner is […]
“Strapless Gown” engineer to give first public talk — after 51 years
This Friday night will see a historic event. Charles Seim, author of the 1956 classic engineering report “Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown,” will give a five-minute public lecture about it. This will be the first time, ever, that he has done so. Seim’s strapless evening gown work somehow led to a subsequent career […]