“Perpetual Motion Machines” is a documentary film about the great David Jones, creator the Daedalus column that for decades made the readers of New Scientist, Nature, and The Guardian laugh, then think. David took part in the 2001 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, to the great delight of many.
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Sad News: Daedalus (David Jones) is gone
We’ve just seen reports that our friend David Jones — best known in the science world as “Daedalus” — died. “Daedalus” was the name of the column David created and wrote, in which he did something that, as far as I am aware, was a unique way to make people laugh, then think. Each Daedalus […]