Articles Tagged with motivation

Visit your teachers!

Closing the loop

Life extends beyond the end of the class.

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The danger of mathematics

Ask a simple question

We wind up unexpectedly far from home.

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Running the race

Man and animal

Why run on foot from Mount Vernon to Alexandria?

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Knowing what you know

Your own limits

Are you really almost there, or just starting out?

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Build or buy?

Your own instruments

A lesson in technology, economics and convenience.

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Relative paradoxes

A note on the sociology of science

A recent article on one of the great scientists in the field of General Relativity prompted our astronomer to reflect on stereotypes in science, and how sometimes they can be very wrong.

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The ancestral line

Genealogy and history

Some people put tremendous effort into extending and filling in their family trees.  In the end, what purpose does it serve?

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Plato’s fallacy

Education is good, but it has its limits

A scientist cautions against the idea behind the philosopher-king.

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Somone else’s poetry

Why read something you don’t care for?

A minor matter of a subscription raises a point of vital importance.

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The scientific cult of personality

Do electrons care about Feynman?

Our chief consultant explores an unexpected feature of scientific magazines.

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