Sharon bertch mcgrayne biography of christopher columbus

Few realize the key role played by a long-discredited 18th century mathematical theory in finding and recovering the wreckage of AF

After a fruitless two-year search for Air France Flight , Bayes’ rule pointed to its most probable location—where it was found after only one week of undersea searching.

The crash of AF was one of the most mysterious accidents in aviation history.

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I just read and enjoyed The Periodic Table: A Very Short Introduction, by Eric R. Scerri (Oxford ).

The periodic table of the elements is one of the icons of science.

As author Eric Scerri writes, “The periodic table ranks as one of the most fruitful and unifying ideas in the whole of modern science,  Read More 

CHANCE magazine this week: ”The Theory That Would Not Die is carefully balanced to be accessible to a lay audi