29.06.2008
Over the past few months there has been quite a bit of debate in the world of finance over the accuracy of Libor. What is interesting about these discussions is that behind all the seemingly exact numbers lies a world of contingency, ambiguity and uncertainty where even basic notions are disputed.
29.06.2008
The Unknown Terrorist feels very contemporary and has a great sense of urgency.
28.06.2008
Conferences, symposia and workshops are part of academic folklore. Taking into account the time it takes to prepare a talk, to travel to the venue and to attend the meeting they are highly inefficient means of knowledge transfer. But then, this is not or no longer, the primary goal.
15.06.2008
The Informal City is governed by an inverse logic of the fixed and the ephemeral. Rigid structures are temporary and can be replaced at any time, whereas ephemeral structures are permanent, not in terms of site or structure, but as building types that pop up everywhere and at any time.
The Financial Times Weekend Magazine invited the creators of Logicomix, to do a short tribute to Claude Lévi-Strauss.
Logicomix, a graphic novel about mathematics and logic, is a pure delight.
A Hamlet for the 21st century.
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