Here’s my latest piece for BBC Future. ____________________________________________________________________ So what ha
Forgotten prophet of the Internet
Here is my review of Alex Wright’s book on Paul Otlet, published in Nature this week. _________________________________
Quantum or not?
Here’s the original text of my article on D-Wave’s “quantum computers” (discuss) in the March issue of La Recherche. __
Longitude redux
Nesta responded graciously to my complaints about the Longitude Prize 2014, calling me up to discuss the issues and inv
Computers and creativity
“Can a computer write Shakespeare?” Trevor Cox’s nice Radio 4 programme yesterday was inevitably able only to scratch t
A prize turkey?
I really don’t want to seem curmudgeonly about this. But when I was forwarded the announcement of the forthcoming launc
Instruments: a postscript
How gratifying to see such an interest taken in my discussion with Stephen Curry on the aesthetics of scientific instru
More objects of desire
In the Guardian online, Stephen Curry has provided a thoughtful response to my brief blog in which I implied that moder
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)