Category Archives: Science
2011 Book Club: The Ghost Map
The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic–and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern Worldis a tale of the development of epidemiology as a discipline. Detailing the London cholera outbreak of 1854, The Ghost Map describes the … Continue reading
Ben Goldacre: Battling Bad Science
Posted in Critical Thinking, Science, Statistics
Tagged Ben Goldacre, epidemiology, TED
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Culturomics: The Future of Anthropology?
A fantastic presentation at TEDxBoston discusses the digitization of the historical record by Google, and implications for understanding the past. While I’m not crazy about their label (*omics has been overused), it’s exciting to think we might be able to … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Critical Thinking, Education
Tagged Anthropology, Culturomics, Google, TED
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2011 Book Club: Remarkable Creatures
I’ve looked forward to reading this month’s pick, Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier, since its release early last year. Growing up, I had never heard of Mary Anning (1779-1847), a country girl from Lyme Regis whose father taught her to hunt … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011 Book Club, Mary Anning, paleontology, Remarkable Creatures
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