[reproduced below: you can find it in full at it’s original source, the Harvard Political Review] The following letter was sent to Greg Mankiw by the organizers of today’s Economics 10 walkout. Wednesday November 2, 2011 Dear Professor Mankiw— Today, we are walking out of your class, Economics 10, in order to express our discontent […]
Posts for November 2011
Science writing is everywhere
Science writers are everywhere, or at least so it seems sometimes. And there are numerous wonderful events and conferences, worldwide, every year, aimed at getting them (us?*) together to talk about the challenges and issues around trying to communicate science to people, well, outside of science itself. Admittedly, within science, too. If nothing else, think […]
Crowdsourcing science funding
Huzzah! I’ve been looking forward to this. SciFund is now live. YOU can help to fund science projects. Yup, that’s right. You. Not some funding agency. How does it work? Well, it’s kinda like KickStartr (or NZ’s version, PledgeMe), but for science. Very simply: scientists can put up a project, and then ask people for […]
On borrowing e-books from your library
e-books are fantastic. Especially now that they’re so easy to come by, and use! And nope, you don’t need a dedicated e-book reader such as Kindle. You can use your tablet (eg. an iPad*), or your phone (not necessarily an iPhone, for example). Or your computer. Of course, you can use dedicated e-book readers too, […]