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UK Science: Does It Have a Future? Concluded?

I first wrote about the impend­ing dra­con­ian cuts to the UK sci­ence bud­gets back in July. I wrote an update just a few days ago. Many sci­en­tists, and oth­ers, have banded together to fight the sit­u­a­tion through the Cam­paign for Sci­ence … Con­tinue read­ing

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Maybe You Would Be Better Off If It Were a Science Project

Every time I hear the phrase I cringe. I must remind myself that the per­son speak­ing it is sim­ply clue­less. But not only is it deroga­tory, it is just plain wrong. Unfor­tu­nately, many man­agers and many engi­neers in indus­try have … Con­tinue read­ing

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UK Science: Does It Have a Future? Continued

I first wrote about the impend­ing dra­con­ian cuts to the UK sci­ence bud­gets back in July. Since that time, the sit­u­a­tion has not improved very much. Many sci­en­tists, and oth­ers, have banded together to fight the sit­u­a­tion through the Cam­paign … Con­tinue read­ing

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Assignments or Offered Opportunities

Some­times I feel very much like a stranger in a strange land. I know that there are gen­er­a­tional dif­fer­ences between those of my age and the younger sci­en­tists and engi­neers I work with and advise. But some of them occa­sion­ally … Con­tinue read­ing

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Eureka Moments

Ah ha, now I get it!” … Not really, what usu­ally hap­pens is quite dif­fer­ent. I have actu­ally had what could be called a few real break­throughs in my sci­en­tific career. Noth­ing that is going to gen­er­ate true fame; you will … Con­tinue read­ing

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UK Science: Does It Have a Future?

We all knew this was com­ing, but the UK will pay the price for gen­er­a­tions to come. New Sci­en­tist is report­ing: So the axe has not fallen on British sci­ence — at least for now. Unveil­ing the UK coali­tion government’s long-awaited … Con­tinue read­ing

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So Doctorate What

When you work in a tech­ni­cal indus­try, there is often a pre­mium placed upon advanced degrees in a tech­ni­cal field of study. Being some­one upon whom a doc­tor­ate in the­o­ret­i­cal stud­ies of a phys­i­cal sci­ence has been con­ferred, I have … Con­tinue read­ing

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A Scientist Learns to Relax

There was an old sci­en­tist who lived in a zoo. He worked with so many engi­neers, he didn’t know what to do; He gave them all advice with­out any dread; But they drove him all crazy and out of his head. … Con­tinue read­ing

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