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Category Archives: Research
How did we manage before the Internet?
If you’ve read George Eliot’s Middlemarch (the Guardian’s recent choice as the best novel in the English language), you will recognize the problem Mr Casaubon faced in trying to write his magnum opus, relying on multiple books in a range … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged Aspasia, Hildegard of Bingen, HJ Mozans, JA Zahm
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The Doing of Science
In my retirement I have more time to read than ever used to be the case, and I enjoy reading books about science, scientists and the way they have, both in the past and currently, approached their science and their … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Research, Science Culture
Tagged Books, Donna Strickland, The Visible College, thrills, Venki
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Conflicts of Interest
Many years ago, before I was even a professor and still a newbie when it came to sitting on decision-making committees, I had a very disturbing experience at one particular grant-giving meeting. The details of what, who and where aren’t … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science Culture
Tagged bias, fellowships, grant panels
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The Importance of Community
I mentioned the book by Jeffrey Abbott and Andrew Maynard, AI and the Science of Being Human, in a previous blogpost. I love its optimism about how all of us could work with AI without letting it take us over … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science Culture
Tagged AI, Brian Pippard, Ray Dolby Centre, screens, tea break
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