The editor of a journal of onomastics speaks to you — for approximately two minutes and thirty-four seconds—in this video: BONUS: Ernest Abel’s “A Note on the Names in Names“
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“Di-Methyl-Doorknob and the Right to Know”
Lingo and euphemism inspire the prose of this short treatise: “Di-Methyl-Doorknob and the Right to Know,” Harold J. Corbett, EPA Journal, vol. 11, 1985, p. 12.
“How Much Do You Like Your Name?”
Before 2008, there was considerable discussion in some psychological circles about finding simple and valid ways to measure a person’s ‘global self-esteem’. But nowadays psychologists have a new method at their disposal – the NLM. In a set of six experiments, Professor Jochen Eberhard Gebauer, and colleagues Michael Riketta, Philip Broemer and Gregory R. Maio […]
Unexpected poster versions of scientists’ names
This is one of Kapil Bhagat’s many unexpected twists, in poster form, on scientists’ names: The web site explains: To celebrate the Science Day in India, Mumbai-based graphic designer Kapil Bhagat created a series of minimalist typographic posters featuring the names of famous scientists. Each design cues to an invention, a theory or an achievement […]