“I’m not that interested in space,” John F Kennedy told the head of Nasa, James Webb, in a private meeting at the White House in 1962. “I think it’s good, I think we ought to know about it, we’re ready to spend reasonable amounts of money but we’re talking about these fantastic expenditures which wreck our budget.”
Category Archives: Science
July 12, 2019
June 12, 2018
The curious tale of William Sealy Gosset
A piece I wrote on the man behind one of the most popular statistical hypothesis tests of all time.
November 28, 2017
A history of machine learning
A nice timeline visualisation by Google.
September 5, 2016
Year-long simulation of humans living on Mars comes to an end
When the HI-SEAS crew finally emerged today, a documentary film crew was on hand to capture the moment for posterity. The film-in-progress is called Red Heaven, and it’s the passion project of indie filmmakers Lauren DeFilippo and Katherine Gorringe. Their goal: to provide a “raw and intimate look into what life on Mars might really be like.”
July 28, 2016
Scipy Lecture Notes
Tutorials on the scientific Python ecosystem: a quick introduction to central tools and techniques. The different chapters each correspond to a 1 to 2 hours course with increasing level of expertise, from beginner to expert.
A great intro to Scipy and the things your can do with it.
July 18, 2016
The 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists
Today, scientists’ success often isn’t measured by the quality of their questions or the rigor of their methods. It’s instead measured by how much grant money they win, the number of studies they publish, and how they spin their findings to appeal to the public.
I couldn’t agree more.