Category Archives: Science

Remembering Zipf’s Law

A good friend of mine many years ago mentioned Zipf’s Law to me one time during a discussion. I remember being fascinated by it – named after the linguist George Kingsley Zipf – and then moving on as your brain … Continue reading →

Posted on May 20, 2009 by Scott Loftesness
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The New California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park

I attended a private event last night at the newly redone California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. The facility is truly amazing – compared to the stodgy (but still fun!) old building. I wasn’t able to … Continue reading →

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Scott Loftesness
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The Mind that Changed The World

George Will’s column in today’s Washington Post is about Albert Einstein. One hundred years ago a minor Swiss civil servant, having traveled home in a streetcar from his job in the Bern patent office, wondered: What would the city’s clock … Continue reading →

Posted on January 6, 2005 by Scott Loftesness
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Progress in Health Care Economics

Alex Tabarrok writes about laser eye surgery being one example of great technology and market forces delivering very high patient satisfaction at declining prices as the market has expanded. I’ve not had the surgery but several of my friends who … Continue reading →

Posted on November 25, 2004 by Scott Loftesness
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Capturing Fire

There’s a great story by Guy Gugliotta in this morning’s Washington Post about the discovery of controlled fire 790,000 years ago at a campsite on the banks of the Jordan River by a team from Hebrew University. Regardless of researchers’ … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 10, 2004 by Scott Loftesness
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