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Yearly Archives: 2016

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  • 17 Nov 2016
    Grzegorz Tomkowicz

    Remarks on The Banach-Tarski Paradox

    'The Banach-Tarski Paradox' co-author Grzegorz Tomkowicz describes the differences between the first and second edition of the classic book and touches on the relationship between mathematics and natural sciences.

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  • 17 Nov 2016

    Show Us Just How “Absurd” You Can Be

    We want to see your most absurd holiday short films, in the spirit of Samuel Beckett.

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  • 17 Nov 2016
    Cass R. Sunstein

    Mad Men and Manipulation: An Excerpt from The Ethics of Influence

    The Ethics of Influence: Government in the Age of Behavioral Science is Cass R. Sunstein’s investigation into the ethical issues surrounding nudges, choice architecture and mandates. Read on for an excerpt from the book. Fifty Shades of Manipulation Chapter 5 of The Ethics of Influence: Government in the Age of Behavorial Science by Cass R. Sunstein It […]

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  • 15 Nov 2016
    Richard Sobel

    Post-Election Blues and Purples

    Richard Sobel, author of Citizenship as Foundation of Rights (2016) reflects on a controversial election.

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  • 15 Nov 2016
    Statistics Using Stata
    Sharon Lawner Weinberg, Sarah Knapp Abramowitz

    Candy and Crime

    Sharon Lawner Weinberg & Sarah Knapp Abramowitz authors of Statistics Using Stata give us an insight into Chapter 5 of their new book: Chapter 5, Exploring Relationships Between Two Variables.

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  • 10 Nov 2016
    Curbing Catastrophe by Tim Dixon
    Timothy H. Dixon

    Curbing Catastrophe: Mars versus Global Warming

    Mars versus Global Warming Elon Musk, CEO of Space-X and Tesla Motors, gave a talk on September 27, 2016 to the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico.  Musk advocated for a human colony on Mars, and claimed that the cost per person of a trip to Mars could be reduced to the cost of an average […]

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  • 9 Nov 2016
    Bert A. Spector

    Speaking Up on Behalf of Resistance

    With the 2016 election come and gone, Bert Spector reflects on leadership and resistance

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  • 8 Nov 2016
    Statistics Using Stata
    Sharon Lawner Weinberg

    Statistics Using Stata: An Integrative Approach

    With many decades of combined teaching experience to both undergraduate students at a liberal arts university and to graduate students at a large research university from a variety of disciplines including education, psychology, health, and policy analysis, we have direct knowledge of how varied the mathematical backgrounds are of students who enroll in an introductory […]

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