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In The Complex World, the newest book from the SFI Press, SFI President David C. Krakauer offers readers a concise and ...

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The complexity of contemporary biology is a source of wonder, fear, and misunderstanding. Thierry Hoquet reviews the major ...

As I show in my new book, “Killed by a Traffic Engineer: Shattering the Delusion that Science Underlies our Transportation ...

He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Physics ... McDuck comic books. Woodworking – building furniture and a dozen oak bookcases for the house – also gave him great satisfaction, both in the final products ...

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