Benoit Mandelbrot the Maverick, 1924-2010
Benoit Mandelbrot was a brilliant and controversial thinker More »
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Edward Tenner is a historian of technology and culture. He was a founding advisor of Smithsonian's Lemelson Center and holds a Ph.D in European history. More
Benoit Mandelbrot was a brilliant and controversial thinker More »
Many students use English or History degrees to launch satisfying and successful careers More »
What happens when an old legal system implements new technology? More »
There is more of President Wilson in the Tea Party movement than its leaders would like to acknowledge More »
Is there any difference between scholarly citations and journalistic referencing? More »
Jimi Heselden was the victim not of spectacular folly, but of the confidence that comes with skill and success More »
Should writers make it deliberately difficult for readers to understand their writing? More »
An Australian study finds health risks associated with unemployment and long term time off work More »
Does the closing of the last incandescent light bulb factory signify the end of American ingenuity? More »
While the American educational system is far from perfect, the models abroad aren't much better More »
The devaluation of education has heightened job insecurity in white collar fields More »
This week's Discovery Channel incident, like the unabomber incident, gives too much attention to terrorist activities More »
Timothy Egan's recent blog post shows how good opinion pieces often reinforce the ideas they intend to repudiate More »
Cops want to use computers to predict when and where crime will happen, but will it work? More »
A journal's retraction of a well-known paper on moral sense in primates is causing a stir More »
From e-readers to Microsoft Office, technology serves corporate interests better than academic ones More »
