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Confessions of a Community College Dean: Ask and Ye Shall Receive... Wise and worldly advice about academic job hunting. (tags: academia jobs education) My Semester With an Asperger Syndrome Student :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education's Source for News, Views and Jobs I am somewhat…
Moving Toward Quantum Computing - Science in 2011 - NYTimes.com "In 1981 the physicist Richard Feynman speculated about the possibility of "tiny computers obeying quantum mechanical laws." He suggested that such a quantum computer might be the best way to simulate real-world quantum systems, a…
Foodie Politics | The American Prospect "Good food -- the sort Waters features at her restaurant -- is considered a luxury of the rich rather than a social justice issue. As Waters frequently argues, no one is worse served by our current food policy than a low-income family using food stamps to…
Cocktail Party Physics: calculus is craptastic "Few science bloggers have the good fortune to write off a Vegas trip as "research", but that's exactly what it was: my next book for Penguin is all about my experiences as a former English major learning calculus, inspired by a series of blog posts…