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A Comparative Analysis of the Portrayal of Scientists in Popular Media with...
***This post is based on an essay I wrote in September 2010 when my friend Tom Ward challenged me with the title.*** The popular media’s usual portrayal of scientists (real or fictional) follows a few...
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Research & Antiresearch – Physics Errors in Dan Brown’s “Angels & Demons”
‘FACT’ must be one of the least expected titles for the forward to a novel. Nevertheless, this is how Dan Brown chose to start his mystery-thriller: with a series of knowledge claims about the physics...
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Illogical, My Dear Watson (Part 1: Spock)
It is often remarked in the typography community that you should only tell your enemies about kerning. Once primed with a richer appreciation for character-spacing (and thoroughly incapable of...
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Illogical, My Dear Watson (Part 2: Sherlock Holmes)
This is the second and final part of an article where I get annoyed with Star Trek’s Mr Spock and Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes for their crimes against logic. In the first part, I considered Spock....
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