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In 1936, whilst studying for his Ph.D. at Princeton University, the English mathematician Alan Turing published a paper, On Computable Numbers, with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem, which became the foundation of computer science. I…

Open Science and Access to Medical Research

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It is rather odd how often I hear the expression paradigm shift during contemporary scientific presentations and seminars. The expression was popularized by Thomas Kuhn s book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions . In that book, Kuhn referre…

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The Science behind the Iceberg that sank the Titanic

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The tragedy of the “unsinkable” Titanic lost in the cold water of the Atlantic became part of history and pop culture, but the story of the main culprit that caused the disaster is mostly forgotten and only vague descriptions and some p…

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Google Doodle’s Galloping Steed Commemorates Pioneering Photographer Edward Muybridge

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Today s Google doodle pays homage to the photography of Eadweard J. Muybridge, pioneering photographer and inventor of the zoopraxiscope. If he had somehow survived to witness the multimedia era, Muybridge would be marking his 182 nd birthday.T…

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How did Titanic really break up?

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Hello, everyone!I’m a member of the Marine Forensics Committee, and author or co-author of three peer-reviewed papers on the Titanic . My most recent paper, The Breakup Of Titanic A Re-Examination of Survivor Accounts , was presented at the F…

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How the Modern Physics was invented in the 17th century, part 1: The Needham Question

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Note: this is the first of three parts of the essay. The other two parts will be published over the next two days (see links at the bottom of the page). H. Floris Cohen in his recent book How Modern Science Came into the World: Four Civilizations, On…

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How Safe Is Your Mobile?

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We are at an interesting tipping point in terms of Internet access. We have just passed the point where there are more mobile devices on the planet than humans, and we will shortly pass the point where the Internet is routinely accessed via mobile …

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