Juha Haataja: Universe of ScienceMathematics, Biosciences, Chemistry, Popular Science, and Science Writing.Death of Fortran inventor- March 20, 2007 I have spent several years working with Fortran-related things, so it was sad to note that John W. Backus, 82, Fortran Developer, Dies: "Mr. Backus assembled and led the I.B.M. team that created Fortran, the first widely used programming language." NYT Technologyhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/categories/science/2007/03/20.html#a4789 Corrupting Finland- March 19, 2007 Finland is one of the least corrupt countries in the world. But this only applies to economics and administration. When we are talking about information technology, things are different. (See my new column, in Finnish, Korruptoituva Suomi.)http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/categories/science/2007/03/19.html#a4787 Science, computing, and evolution- March 16, 2007 I wrote a few book reviews for the CSC News magazine, here they are: Evolutionary Computing (Kenneth A. De Jong; The MIT Press, 2006) Writing Scientific Software - A Guide to Good Style (Suely Oliveira and David Stewart; Cambridge University Press, 2006) Write Portable Code - An Introduction to Developing Software for Multiple Platforms (Brian Hook; No Starch Press, 2005) Computationally Intelligent Hybrid Systems: The Fusion of Soft Computing and Hard Computing (Seppo J. Ovaska, ed.;...http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/categories/science/2007/03/16.html#a4786 Good (and bad) books reviewed- March 12, 2007 Five new book reviews (in Finnish) appeared in the Tietoyhteys magazine: När människan skapade världen (Johan Norberg; Timbro, 2006) Usko, toivo ja huijaus (Hannu Lauerma; Duodecim, 2006) The Triumph of the Airheads and the Retreat form Commonsense (Shelley Gare; Park Street Press, 2006) Älä pakota minua ajattelemaan (Steve Krug; Readme.fi, 2006) Huippukeksintöjä (Chris Woodford et al., suom. Ilkka Rekiaro ja Petri Sipilä; Otava, 2006)http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/categories/science/2007/03/12.html#a4784 (Untitled)- March 6, 2007 What Are You A Mind Reader "Well, in a manner of speaking, yes. Researchers use a brain scan that lets them identify your intentions before you actually do anything." Wired News: Top Storieshttp://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/categories/science/2007/03/06.html#a4783 |