"The Feynman interval of a scientific speaker is the expected time between mentions of Richard Feynman in any context. It is defined for a surpringly large set of speakers."Tung's bio is amusing, too.
avva must be missing it. Exactly 38 years ago, Khomeini returned to Iran from his exile in France, and set in motion the Islamic Revolution of Iran. A little over a year…
Speaking of immigrants, Sir Ian McKellen would like to offer this passage, from the Elizabethan play Sir Thomas More: GEORGE. Marry, the removing…
I've been pretty indifferent to most of the recent social-network sites, but I'm really enjoying goodreads.com. I'm a pretty busy reader, with a…
