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istethoscope v1.1
My iStethoscope iphone application (which links to The Undercover Scientist book) continues to do extremely well in iTunes. It was the 11th most popular utility today out of over 700, with over 30,000 downloads in the last week. To celebrate I've created a second version which introduces a new listening…
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preschool robotics
Sometimes I get some unexpected requests as people read my books or discover the webpages. This recent one surprised me for many reasons, particularly when a quick web search revealed that the sender was based in Auckland, New Zealand. You've got to admire the ambitions of this teacher, but perhaps…
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iTunes sales of iphone app
My "istethoscope" application (which allows you to listen to your heartbeat and features a little undercover scientist giving little facts now and again) has now been on iTunes for just under three days. To my surprise it's had over 7000 downloads already and is in the top 30 Utilities in…
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istethoscope by the Undercover Scientist
For fun I recently created an application for the iPhone - iStethoscope which basically turns the device into a stethoscope, allowing you to listen to your own heartbeat (or other quiet sounds nearby). I've linked it to The Undercover Scientist book, using the little scientist cartoon as a friendly way…
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Korean Book of Numbers (수의 책)
Apparently the Korean version of The Book of Numbers is on sale. There's a Korean bookstore here, selling it: http://book.daum.net/detail/book.do? bookid=KOR9788979867305 I may be a collaborating professor at KAIST, but my Korean is limited to saying hello and thanks and ordering food. According to Babel Fish the title should be 수의 책 which…
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Recommended reading
For the last week or two, more people than usual had been asking me about The Undercover Scientist. Today one of my students explained why - Waterstones has the book on their recommended reading list. I had a look for myself this evening... he was right.
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PhD Application Handbook rant
In November last year my book for doctoral candidates The PhD Application Handbook was reviewed in a newsletter. I didn't like the review very much - it was biassed, factually incorrect, and the reviewer had poor knowledge of the topic. Write enough books (and speak your mind often enough) and…
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