Please help us compile a list of scientists who have their head in the clouds. Specifically, we are looking for scientists who choose to picture themselves with their head in the clouds. Here’s an example: Jérôme Hœpffner is an assistant professor at Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, Institut Jean Le Rond D’Alembert. This photo is on his […]
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Geometrical regularity of the top of a man’s head
Wikipedia shows this pair of photographs of a man, taken in 1953. They are police mug shots: The man seems to have had a peculiar haircut, one that looks very different from the sides than from the front. From the front there is a strong, tripartite geometric regularity evident to the top third of his […]
When you’re shopping for a head…
Investigator Albert Bates writes: In case you have never shopped for a head, let me recommend one of my favorites. After unhappy experiences with knock-offs, I always come back to the Bludgeon Head made by the oddly named Crime Sciences Inc. It does the basics. It’s (for me, anyway) reasonably priced at $445. And I […]
Ig Nobel winner reviews a peer’s book
One Ig Nobel Prize winner (Chris McManus, biology prize 2002, for his study “Scrotal Asymmetry in Man and Ancient Sculpture“) reviewed a new book written by another Ig Nobel Prize winner (Daniel Lieberman, physics prize 2009, for analytically determining why pregnant women don’t tip over), in the February 17, 2011 issue of The Times Higher […]