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Sorry for the delay, I’ve been at a conference in California for the last week (more on that soon) and writing a pile of manuscripts.

A good friend forwarded me an article in the New York Times on “Tiny Is Beautiful: Translating ‘Nano’ Into Practical.”

Of course I have some nits to pick… For one, I’m not [...]

Just after posting about Quantum Diaries, I check the news and see an article on science in society in The Independent.

(via NanoBot)

The writer’s three wishes, at least as I understand them, come to:

Educating others that basic science is “universal” and supposedly free of ethical issues until it is applied. (I’m not sure I agree 100%.) Making the [...]

As many people have heard, 2005 is the “Year of Physics,” celebrating the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s three revolutionary papers.

I’ve been really enjoying the Quantum Diaries project, which recruited 28 particle physicists from around the world to write about working as physicists as well as their latest research.

(from site description)

Quantum Diaries aims to put a [...]

Wired Magazine currently has an article on “Revenge of the Right Brain” claiming that left brain activities have recently brought success in the “information age” and a recent shift will mean that the combination of creativity and logic are needed in the future with so many activities being automated or otherwise decreasing in importance.

I disagree [...]

I’ve been working hard on writing up some recent results. In the middle of writing, it’s nice to see the artistic side of science — I’m reassured to see websites like the Eye of Science or the Gallery of Computation. Both remind me a bit of the work of Felice Frankel and her science photography.

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