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Monday, February 28, 2011

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Science is interesting

" You don't like it? Go somewhere else!" Richard Feynman.


"Science is interesting, if you don't agree, you can fuck off." Richard Dawkins quoting an editor of New Scientist.

Beauty of a Flower

"All kinds of interesting questions which shows that a science knowledge only adds to the excitement and mystery and the awe of a flower." Richard Feynman.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Placebo Effect

Warning: not for the faint-hearted:




Wednesday, February 2, 2011

On Statistics

Two recommendations:
1. An interesting read on statistics - Drunkards Walk, How Randoness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Milodinow, a physicist.




A brief look: The author talks about his book.




2. Visualizing statistics!



For those who want to try out the software Gapminder, here is the link: