John Henning, R.I.P.
He was only 73, but was the most familiar face to me on the local nightly news in Boston. More here.
Author: John Farrell
Writer and producer working in Boston.
The Tragedy of Pascal
Thony Christie has a nice post on the 17th century genius: Pascal’s religious fervour deprived the world of his mathematical abilities but not of his astounding intellect. The main centre of Jansenism was the Port-Royal Cloister in Paris and it was from here that the Port-Royal Logic was issued, an important textbook in the history… Continue reading The Tragedy of Pascal
eReaders and Libraries
Media Bistro discusses whether the price wars between eReaders will benefit libraries.
Introns, Junk and Function
Steve Matheson unfolds part one of what will be a very interesting series.
Different Sensibilities
One of the last dinners before the close of the Templeton-Cambridge seminars for my fellowship took place at Trinity College. Along with my co-fellows, I was delighted to see (again after a space of 20 years or so) the Rev. John Polkinghorne, and also to meet for the first time Keith Ward, who was to… Continue reading Different Sensibilities