Anti-atom beam
It may sound like a line from Star Trek, but I can assure you that the creation of a beam made out of anti-hydrogen atoms is a real achievement carried out by scientists at CERN.… Read More »Anti-atom beam
Quantum Tunnel Blog
Web Application Development with R using Shiny – Review
I have been invited to write a review of a book I got as a prize for answering a question posed by Chris Beeley during the lasted LondonR meeting. As a form of of disclosure… Read More »Web Application Development with R using Shiny – Review
Now Reading: Shady Characters
Actually, I started reading this some time ago. I even had a chance to interact with the author and get mentioned in some posts!
Essential MATLAB and Octave
As probably some of you know, I am currently writing a book about MATLAB and Octave focussed at new comers to both programming and the MATLAB/Octave environments. The book is tentatively entitled “Essential MATLAB and… Read More »Essential MATLAB and Octave
Harvesting magnetic fields…
A few days ago I got a message from my mate Jorge Soto… always great to hear from him, particularly with New Year wishes and even better with an interesting question: The question is related… Read More »Harvesting magnetic fields…
Wishful thinking or The Misuse of Maths in Psychology
The misuse of maths in psychology “Think positively!” – a seemingly innocuous remark you might hear every so often… you might have even read it in one of those self-help books, or even from renowned… Read More »Wishful thinking or The Misuse of Maths in Psychology
Machine learning…
It’s not who has the best algorithm that wins. It’s who has the most data!
¡gnaborretni? – Reblog from Shady Characters
Very pleased to see that the question/comment I sent to Keith Houston, the author of the excellent Shady Characters book. Here is the entry in his blog (the original is here): Miscellany № 42: ¡gnaborretni?… Read More »¡gnaborretni? – Reblog from Shady Characters
Resolutions…
New year’s resolutions you can actually achieve: Don’t try to be a hero, just pick one book and read it Once, just once, go to bead at 9am. Do it on a Tuesday! Grow… Read More »Resolutions…
Putney Tides – predictions for 2014
I couldn’t help noticing that “Putneysw15” web site published in December a list of predicted dates and times when there will be “exceptional high tides” at Putney bridge. They showed the data from the Port… Read More »Putney Tides – predictions for 2014