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Jason Rosenhouse received
his PhD in mathematics
from Dartmouth College in 2000.
He subsequently spent three years as a post-doc at
Kansas State University.
Observing the machinations of the Kansas Board of Education
led to his unhealthy obsession with issues related
to evolution and creationism.
Currently he is an Associate Professor of
Mathematics at James Madison University,
in Harrisonburg, VA.
June 30, 2008
Category: Religion
I've just got back from a road trip to Marrowbone, KY (!!). Mostly I was there for a friend's wedding. Here's the church where the wedding took place. Pretty, but truly in the middle of nowhere. And, yes, I did...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:37 PM • 7 Comments •
June 25, 2008
Category: Evolution
Theistic evolutionists have a bumper crop of books to choose from this summer. I've already reviewed Ken Miller's new book Only a Theory. Michael Dowd's Thank God for Evolution! is on deck in my “To Read” pile. The subject for...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:35 PM • 97 Comments •
June 24, 2008
Category: Miscellaneous
I am totally drooling right now. (Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan)....
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:11 PM • 9 Comments •
Category: Religion
Over at Slate, Christopher Hitchens provides some much needed pushback against the deluge of Tim Russert hagiography:...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:41 PM • 4 Comments •
June 23, 2008
Category: Chess
The new issue of New in Chess magazine arrived in my mailbox this weekend. It contains an article by British grandmaster Daniel Gormally about what it is like to be addicted to the Internet Chess Club. I know the feeling...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:14 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: Politics
George Carlin was absolutely the very best stand-up comedian in the history of the business. Only Robin Williams in his prime was even in the same league. I have quite a few of his albums, and I find I can...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 3:55 PM • 6 Comments •
June 21, 2008
Category: Anti-Creationism
I have spent the last few days working my way through Ken Miller's new book Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul. (OAT) Short review: Worth reading, but also a bit disappointing. Now for the long review:...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 9:25 PM • 42 Comments •
Category: Mathematics
Thanks to David Killoren for directing me to this excerpt from Bloggingheads. Science writers John Horgan and George Johnson spend a few minutes disucssing the Monty Hall problem. Johnson recently reviewed Leonard Mlodinow's book The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:18 PM • 15 Comments •
June 20, 2008
Category: Science
That's the title of an interesting article from the current issue of The Atlantic, written by Nicholas Carr: Over the past few years I've had an uncomfortable sense that someone, or something, has been tinkering with my brain, remapping the...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:54 PM • 15 Comments •
June 12, 2008
Category: Administrative
I'm going to be hitting the road this weekend for one of my periodical tours of some of the great highways in the Northeast. I'll be visiting the 'rents at my New Jersey office, will jaunt on up to Brooklyn...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 9:46 PM • 5 Comments •
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