Monthly Archives: September 2011

A happy and healthy new year…

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Steve Caplan

Being the Jewish New year (5772 since the world was created, of course), although I am totally secular, I find myself taking a couple days off my “Denisovich” lifestyle to visit with family. It seems that one of the main … Continue reading →

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Announcing: the first documented Occam’s Typewriter scientific collaboration

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Steve Caplan

I am very pleased to announce–after many months of work, revisions, and re-revisions–(to the best of my knowledge) the first scientific collaboration born out of Occam’s Typewriter. After all, in addition to all the peripheral fun of being a scientist … Continue reading →

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One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich–no, no, in my life

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Steve Caplan

For the record, I had actually planned this blog for some time, but for one reason or another, never got around to writing and posting it. With the furor over scientists’ approach to work in the lab still fresh from … Continue reading →

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Decisions, decisions…

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Steve Caplan

Books have always been dear to me. As a child/young adult, I skipped directly to adult books and was known to read 7-8 different books in parallel (now 3-4 is my limit + audiobooks for the car, and the new … Continue reading →

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My guilt from the sidelines

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Steve Caplan

Like a moth drawn to the fire, I can’t stop myself. And I warn the reader that this blog doea not have anything directly to do with science, or life in science–although it does have to do with life. And … Continue reading →

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Now I Can Retire: the measure of all things

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Steve Caplan

Generally speaking, scientists do not appear to be happy people. And by scientists, I refer to those actively doing research at academic institutions. No hard feelings for those who are not–I have no experience with industry, and my impression is … Continue reading →

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Science Education Then and Now

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Steve Caplan

I can still vividly remember being taught lab safety in 7th or 8th grade chemistry at school. The old way: being given a long list of rules, reading them and being tested on them. No eating, drinking, chewing gum etc. … Continue reading →

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