I’ve recently finished reading Bad Science by Ben Goldacre. The author has been a champion of common sense and science in his column for the Guardian and his blog. The book is mostly a collection of the stories that have featured in his blog such as Gillian McKeith, MRSA, MMR, homeopathy and so will be familiar to his regular [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Bad Science Book
Posted in Fun and nonsense, tagged Bad science, Ben Goldacre on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pictures for How to Think Like a Mathematician
Posted in How to think like a mathematician, tagged HTTLAM on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In a previous post I mentioned that I was a little unhappy with the pictures for How to Think Like a Mathematician. This morning I got an email with the new versions with the dreaded words “Unfortunately at this stage we cannot take in any further corrections.” So I opened the pdf of the new [...]
Peter Giblin Meeting
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Peter Giblin, Singularities on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Saturday I travelled to Liverpool to attend a day in honour of Peter Giblin on the occasion of his 65th birthday. (Lecturers have to work on Saturdays sometimes.) There were four talks. All of them were good. One reason for this (other than the skill of the speakers!) is that they were, for the most part, [...]
