Daily Archives: 6 November 2011

PhD Comics Movie Review [15]

Posted on 6 November 2011 by Erika Cule

Piled Higher and Deeper – the popular PhD comic – has been made into a movie. The movie is touring campuses around the world. Find a screening near you, or watch the trailer: Imperial College Union‘s Graduate Student Association hosted … Continue reading →

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Reading honeymoon

Posted on 6 November 2011 by Steve Caplan

Having recently reported that my second and new lablit novel, “Welcome Home, Sir” will be coming out in the near future, and now in the process of deciding between two disparate options for the plot and characters of novel #3, … Continue reading →

Posted in achondroplastic dwarf, Appalachian Trail, Bill Bryson, Books, fiction, hilarity, humor, Lablit, laughter, non-fiction, our one-and-only Henry Gee, reading, Research, science, Simon Mawer | Comments Off on Reading honeymoon

Innovating with Sex and Gender in Mind

Posted on 6 November 2011 by Athene Donald

If you are designing seat-belts, who do you design them for? Or if teaching aspiring doctors the symptoms of heart disease and the presentation of heart attacks, whose symptoms do you describe? Clearly the correct answer to both questions should … Continue reading →

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Motorsport, Astrophysics, and a Nobel Laureate (peripherally) [10]

Posted on 6 November 2011 by Richard Wintle

One nice aspect of living (virtually) at Occam’s Typewriter is the diversity of authors. Though many (most? all?) have backgrounds present employment in science, the variety of topics in any given week provides for some fun reading. But there are … Continue reading →

Posted in ALMS, American Le Mans Series, autosports, careers, data analysis, Hobbies, motorsport, Photography, racing | Comments Off on Motorsport, Astrophysics, and a Nobel Laureate (peripherally) [10]