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  • 2 Jun 2016
    Tuomas E. Tahko

    Getting to know Metametaphysics

    Can you give us a brief explanation of what metametaphysics is, and the big questions at the core of it? The term ‘meta-metaphysics’ may seem awkward – and it is – but it is descriptive: the focus is on a methodological, meta-level analysis of the discipline of metaphysics. On a very general level, there are […]

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  • 31 May 2016
    safe radiation
    Leon N. Cooper

    How much radiation is safe?

    One of the most important questions in science today as it relates to public policy is the debate over whether we should use a linear no-threshold model (LNT) or a threshold model when calculating the health risks of low to moderate doses of radiation. Public policy is currently guided by the LNT model, which posits […]

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  • 24 May 2016
    Ice Cubes
    David Goodstein

    The Mystery of Thermal Physics

    David Goodstein, author of Thermal Physics, Energy and Entropy (2015) discusses his interest in the subject and the reasons behind writing this important text

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  • 16 Mar 2016
    Why Quark Rhymes with Pork
    N. David Mermin

    Into the Intro: Why Quark Rhymes with Pork

    We go Into the Intro of David Mermin's Why Quark Rhymes with Pork (2016), a hilarious and insightful account from a world renowned physicist.

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  • 8 Sep 2015
    Douglas Natelson

    The Nanoscale

    Douglas Natelson, the author of Nanostructures and Nanotechnology, takes on the controversy of nanoscience.

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  • 10 Dec 2014
    mer de glace
    T. W. Körner

    Joseph Fourier: Heat Radiation and finding new answers

    In this, the third and final part of author T. W Korner's exploration of Joseph Fourier's work, we look at how his work complemented that of John Tyndall when it came to answering new questions about planet Earth.

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  • 8 Dec 2014
    HMS Agamemnon laying Atlantic telegraph cable in 1858
    T. W. Körner

    Joseph Fourier: Breaking new ground

    In this, the second of three posts by T. W. Körner, author of Calculus for the Ambitious (2014) explores Joseph Fourier's ground-breaking work.

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  • 25 Nov 2014
    Leon N. Cooper

    Leon Cooper on the Nature of Science

    Nobel laureate Leon Cooper has dedicated his career to pioneering modern science and today’s culture. With the publication of his new collection, Science and Human Experience, Cooper tackles new questions and age-old debates about what science means in a greater human context. How should we think about consciousness? Are art and science more similar than we […]

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