Random House has released a new set of paperbacks for Franz Kafka’s great works. They have some great cover designs by Peter Mendelsund. Mendelsund employs brilliant colour schemes and a font designed out of Kakfa’s own handwriting. Finnish graphic … Continue reading
Dr. Padmanabhan Krishnagopalan Iyengar passed away yesterday. He was a former Atomic Energy Commission of India chairman during 1990-93 and Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Bombay. He was largely responsible for the Neutron Physics division in BARC. He was … Continue reading
The Observer opines physics major is becoming attractive due to the sitcom ‘Big Bang Theory’ popularity. According to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), there was a 10% increase in the number of students accepted to read physics … Continue reading
Freakonomics comes up with this curious product pricing in Amazon. The caucasian family costs $63.99 whereas the Afro-american family costs only $37.99 But, to be fair, these two are by two different vendors. The cheaper A-A family doll is … Continue reading
I want this piece of pi!
Forbes has these recommendations for gift (giving and receiving) for 2011 holidays What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite by David DiSalvo Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Who’s in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the … Continue reading
Could not get better. Source: Troll Science
Arxiv.org paper from University of Cambridge group has incredibly intelligent method of using a commodity epson deskjet printer to print large area graphene devices. Starting with flakes of pure graphite, they exfoliated layers of graphene using liquid phase technique using N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP) as … Continue reading
Google has published a little animated puzzle in honour of Stanislaw Lem on the 60th anniversary of the publication of his short stories collection The Cyberiad! My own tribute to the master (in Tamil) is here. And you can read … Continue reading
As a non-native english speaker, I am always amused when native speakers ask me how do you spell it? I go on to say V-E-N-K and she repeats BEN. NOOOO… It is V, as in Victor. OK.. VENK-A-T . It … Continue reading