January 5, 2011
A short tour of the universe.
In this animation, every satellite, moon, planet, star, and galaxy is represented to scale and in the correct, measured location according the best scientific research to-date.
December 15, 2010
Impressions of Monet.
I never realized how many shades of red there are until I saw Red Chrysanthemums at the Monet exhibit in Paris.
November 22, 2010
Learning to be an architect of ideas.
Interviews with writers are a source of insight and inspiration for my work in the Pharma of the Future™ project.
September 15, 2010
Model hurricanes.
Although some meteorological modelers may disagree, it seems to me that models predicting development and movement of hurricanes are getting more and more accurate.
September 8, 2010
What if the constants we take for granted are not really constant?
If the universal constant alpha were a mere 4% bigger or smaller than it is, our carbon-based life would not exist. But is this constant really constant?
August 24, 2010
Kinda like standing in front of a development team, huh?
There is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
August 10, 2010
Shanghai: A Cacophony of People (Update)
China has been described as a threatening competitor, a waking giant, a polluting behemoth, and a producer of cheap and unreliable goods. To me, China is a reflection of New York City at the beginning of the 20th Century.
July 26, 2010
Robots
It’s time to dust off your copy of I, Robot by Isaac Asimov.
July 13, 2010
World (Cup) Cultures
In spite of the many differences among world cultures, there are at least two similarities.
July 8, 2010
Life’s Too Short
“The demand that I make of my reader,” James Joyce said, “is that he should devote his whole life to reading my works.”
