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Carl T. Bergstrom - University of Washington
"Information in biological systems. How do living organisms acquire, store, and make use of information? How and why does communication evolve? How does information flow through biological or social networks?"
people  homepages  research  information-theory  biology  theoretical-biology  communication  social-networks 
august 2010 by mraginsky
David Blackwell - Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
A quote from Blackwell himself: "Basically, I'm not interested in doing research and I never have been, I'm interested in understanding, which is quite a different thing. And often to understand something you have to work it out yourself because no one else has done it."
people  statistics  research  probability  decision-making 
july 2010 by mraginsky
Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog - TV & radio: Last night's TV: Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives
An article on a BBC documentary about Hugh Everett (of the many-worlds fame) and his son Mark (the lead singer of Eels)
biographies  interesting  people 
november 2007 by mraginsky
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