low-throughput

some random thoughts and quotes about organised (and disorganised) science

Tuesday, 11 June 2013

adios, CopyrightX

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To my great surprise, my review of 3.091x course became the most popular post of all time on this blog. That is to say, more than 365 page...
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Wednesday, 17 April 2013

the book has no future

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In his recent article in Chemistry International [1], Peter Atkins wrote: The book has no future. Most of us who have been brought up ...
Thursday, 4 April 2013

hand wash

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Last night I put this, presumably, hand-wash only jumper into a washing machine. On a hand wash cycle, cold water. The machine stopped in t...
Tuesday, 2 April 2013

it’s nonsense to look for a solution if it already exists

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Мы сидели, подперев головы, и предавались самоуничижению, когда в зал заглянул Федор Симеонович. Насколько я понял, ему не терпелось узнат...
Friday, 29 March 2013

both and neither academic or artistic

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I wish somebody offered me a job just like that, after a short email exchange. I wish to offer you a job . It is a peculiar response t...
Wednesday, 27 February 2013

jealousies and rivalries

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From Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith : Isabel did not like her desk to get too cluttered, but that did not mean that...
Thursday, 31 January 2013

so long, 3.091x

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Hooray, I just downloaded a pdf file certifying that I “ successfully completed 3.091x: Introduction to Solid State Chemistry, a course o...
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Friday, 4 January 2013

forever foreign

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In the preface to his novel NO , Carl Djerassi wrote: A striking phenomenon of the contemporary science scene is the remarkable Asianiz...
Tuesday, 18 December 2012

season greetings to excellent people

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This is the time of year — again! — when they start cleaning their desks and send holiday greetings to unsuccessful applicants. I don’t eve...
Sunday, 9 December 2012

Sir Patrick Moore (1923—2012)

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Moore was perhaps the last in the great British tradition of significant contributions to science by distinguished amateurs, and was fierce...
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