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Undercover Scientist Review in Daily Mail
It's only brief, but the Daily Mail was the first to cover the forthcoming Undercover Scientist in their book review section:
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talk on Systemic Computation and other animals
I gave a talk for TESLA (our arts-science group at UCL) in November 2007. The topic is a common one for me - the nature of computation in biological or natural systems. If I ever get around to writing a sequel to Digital Biology it'll be on this kind…
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cranks
An eagle-eyed ex-engineer has spotted a dodgy explanation in The Undercover Scientist. I trust this reader, for it's my Dad:
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do you believe in luck? (part 1)
When I wrote The Undercover Scientist I (perhaps naively) never thought in a million years I would get questions like this... But today I did. Here's how I responded (part 1).
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global mishaps
Another day and another contract, this time for Portugal. We're all very excited by the international interest in The Undercover Scientist (or The Science of Mishaps as it may be called in some countries). Do the twin themes of mishaps and science apply across all cultures? Looks like it so…
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PhD Application Leaflet?
I was rather surprised to come across an online leaflet written by the Centre for Career Development at Nottingham University. Surprised because much of the content seems to be taken directly from my book the PhD Application Handbook. Well they say imitation is the best form of flattery (I wonder…
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