Category Archives: Innovation

Wolfram Alpha – A Wonderful Math Knowledge Engine

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

I was talking to my smart nephew the other day. He loves math and loves even more to stump me with math riddles and puzzles. Me: Let’s talk about some fun problems with prime numbers*. I’m thinking of two prime numbers … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Fun, Innovation, Math, Puzzles, Science, Uncategorized | Tagged | 7 Comments

The Cure for Deficits

Posted on November 11, 2012 by

Our Federal Deficit is in the headlines again. It’s a bi-i-i-g deal! (That’s why I’m capitalizing the F and the D). There’s talk everywhere of the fiscal cliff and debt ceilings and who should pay and what to cut … … Continue reading →

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The Witches’ Brew – A Halloween Incantation

Posted on November 2, 2012 by

It’s Halloween night! In the gathering gloom the streets of our little town are filling up with trick-or-treaters. Cute youngsters dressed up as ghouls and monsters and gnarly witches are spooking up the neighborhood and the houses are draped with … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Education, Evolution, Halloweeen, Healthcare, Innovation, Money, Politics, Vacation | 8 Comments

The 13-Link Chain Puzzle and Other Fun Posers

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

Last Friday at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) I met Gary Antonick, who writes a numbers blog for the New York Times, a fun blog that you must check out. I gave him a puzzle and he loved it so much … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Innovation, Puzzles, Science | 16 Comments

“I Think We Found It”

Posted on October 20, 2012 by

On July 4 of this year an historic announcement was made to the world: “I think we have it!” The “it” was the elusive Higgs boson, something for which the physics community has been searching for decades to complete the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cosmology, Evolution, Innovation, Money, Politics, Science | 8 Comments

The Job Creators?

Posted on October 12, 2012 by

The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) is a wonderful Berkeley organization dedicated to the advancement and celebration of Mathematics and its beauty and its application in every day affairs. For example on October 26th (two weeks from today) they are convening … Continue reading →

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Message to Fellow 1 Percenters

Posted on September 26, 2012 by

Wanna scare your Tea Party friends? Just yell “Big Government!“ The effect will be like throwing a slab of pork in a Taliban gathering. Or mailing a Dutch cartoon to an Egyptian lynch mob. Is the government too big? Are … Continue reading →

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The GRIN Revolution – Cheap, Personalized Healthcare for the Billions

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

Some people don’t like Science. They think it dehumanizes us, mechanizes us and devalues our spirit, our aesthetics and our passions. It is heading our planet in the direction of ecological disaster, devastating wars, nuclear catastrophes, urban decay and continued … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Healthcare, Innovation, Investing, Medicine, Money, Science | 5 Comments