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Loss in numbers game adds up for Aon CFO
Special to the Chicago TribuneAs a youngster, Christa Davies was intrigued with math and physics. "I'd always liked solving problems and discovered math and physics are tools in logically solving problems," said Davies, daughter of an Australian Supreme Court justice and a part-time...Tags: Space Programs, Applied Science, Academic Progress, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Officers
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The long voyage out
Alice Bowman is the mission operations manager (M.O.M.) for NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, now on course for a rendezvous with the (former) planet Pluto in 2015. It's her job to watch over the health of the spacecraft, to manage continuing upgrades and...Tags: Space Programs, Johns Hopkins University, University of Virginia, Applied Science, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
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The author of 'Cryptonomicon' and the Baroque Cycle offers a ripping good yarn about philosophy.
WHEN C.P. Snow delivered his famous lecture on the "Two Cultures" in 1959, he pointed out that the sciences and the humanities seemed to be running along increasingly disconnected tracks. But what if these two cultures were separated not just by...Tags: Indiana Jones, Medical Specialization, Society, Applied Science, Clubs and Associations
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State Attorney General: Plum Island Plan Profoundly Flawed
Information on Plum Island flawed. Changes to bus routes upset Middletown parents. Army Corps will not release its opinion on federal law regarding proposed base. Westbrook residents say no to health district. Trash hauler sentenced in New Haven court....Tags: Diseases, Vehicles, Trials, Applied Science, Richard Blumenthal
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This ain't no jive, particle physics rap is a hit
The Associated PressWho says science doesn't turn people on? Kate McAlpine is a rising star on YouTube for her rap performance -- about high-energy particle physics. Her performance has drawn a half-million views so far on YouTube. The 23-year-old Michigan State University...Tags: Michigan State University, Applied Science, Physics
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Too common scientific fraud should be punished
Saswato R. Das writes about science and technology. He received a graduate degree in astronomy and astrophysics from Stony Brook University.Scientists enjoy a high level of public credibility. Their pronouncements on matters ranging from global warming to cloning are usually taken at face value. But while most scientists are honest, that doesn't mean we should unquestioningly accept what they...Tags: Stony Brook University, Electronics, Corporate Crime, Fraud, Applied Science
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Kate McAlpine, YouTube
Kate McAlpine, a 23-year-old Michigan State University graduate and science writer, is a rising star on YouTube thanks to her rap performance — about high-energy particle physics. Her performance has drawn a half-million views so far on YouTube....Tags: Michigan State University, Applied Science, Internet
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Yale Physics Professor's Gadget Gives Golfers Instant Feedback
Courant Staff WriterBob Grober rotates, swings and strikes, launching another dimpled ball 250 yards into the woods at the far end of the driving range at Yale University's golf course. "Not bad for a 45-year-old physics professor, right?" he said. A satisfying thwack...Tags: Electronics, Fred Funk, Physical Fitness, Health Treatments, Colleges and Universities
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Craig Donohue turned CME Group into a futures trading powerhouse, but the battle's not over
In just two years, CME Group Chief Executive Craig Donohue has shaken up the century-old futures establishment, securing Chicago's place as an epicenter of global finance when it seemed just as possible that the city could lose out. He snapped up the...Tags: Economy, Northwestern University, Securities, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Applied Science
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Deaths elsewhere
PHILIP SAFFMAN, 77 Fluid mechanics expert Philip Geoffrey Saffman, the former Theodore von Karman Professor of Applied Mathematics and Aeronautics at California Institute of Technology and a leading expert in vortex dynamics, the study of how liquids...Tags: Delta Air Lines, Applied Science, Petroleum Industry, Air and Space Accidents
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Glenn Kirkland
Sun ReporterGlenn Ira Kirkland, a physicist who became an advocate for those suffering from Alzheimer's disease and their families, and who later founded the Alzheimer's Disease Association of Maryland, died of heart and kidney failure Monday at Riderwood Village...Tags: Diseases, Physical Fitness, Alzheimer's Disease, Applied Science, National Government
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Philip Geoffrey Saffman, 77; Caltech professor, leading expert on vortex dynamics
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterPhilip Geoffrey Saffman, the former Theodore von Karman Professor of Applied Mathematics and Aeronautics at Caltech and a leading expert on vortex dynamics -- the study of how liquids and gases of varying densities and viscosities interact -- died...Tags: Delta Air Lines, Death and Dying, John Johnson, Applied Science, Petroleum Industry
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