Author of Seven Seconds and Maximum Impact (aka Circumference of Darkness in the U.S.)
Posted in News, Research Archive on Nov 26th, 2008
Just weeks after we were so concerned about 700 billion dollars in proposed bailouts, passed under threat of all kinds of dire consequences if we delayed, it looks like the number has now ballooned by 1,000% or so. My first reaction to this news was hope that a committee of our representatives would have something [...]
Posted in News on Nov 26th, 2008
It’s not quite finished yet on paper, but it’s all there in my head, so it shouldn’t be too much longer now. The title of the next book is Seven Seconds. It picks up about a year after CoD/MI ends. Here’s a draft of the blurb. It’s going to get edited down I’m sure, but [...]
Posted in News, Research Archive on Nov 9th, 2008
From the Guardian Nuclear power plants smaller than a garden shed and able to power 20,000 homes will be on sale within five years, say scientists at Los Alamos, the US government laboratory which developed the first atomic bomb. The miniature reactors will be factory-sealed, contain no weapons-grade material, have no moving parts and will [...]
Posted in Personal Stuff, Research Archive on Nov 9th, 2008
He was a founder (and the first chairman) of the Federation of American Scientists, but there’s a footnote in the distinguished career of physicist William Higinbotham. In a bid to make science exhibits more interesting and interactive, in 1958 he came up with what many believe to be the first video game, Tennis for Two. [...]
