Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Our Age has a name…The Age of Nonlinearity.
“Linear problems are all the same. Nonlinear problems are all different.” – Robert Hooke (1918-2003) My father, a mathematician, once...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
$60B in relief for hurricane Sandy victims? Just a first installment on a $1T bill coming due.
Here’s how we can turn all that into good news. Let’s start with the backstory. When hurricane Sandy came ashore...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
(Some of) Dr. Martin Luther King’s thoughts about science.
Although Dr. Martin Luther King Day will be officially celebrated this coming Monday…fittingly, by Barack Obama’s inauguration as President for...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The (first) Cuomo Sandy Commission makes its report.
This past Friday saw the release of a report: New York State 2100 Commission: Recommendations to Improve the Strength and...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Stove-piping: maintaining firewalls separating science/social relationships/spirituality
Stove-piping: we decry it in the workplace. What about when it separates science from relationships with others from spirituality in...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
A (weekend) benediction for the 2013 AMS Annual Meeting
In the Latin, “bene + dictus” connotes the idea of “good word” or “well said.” In English, “benediction” has come...
UCAR Videos Bring the Past Back into Focus
For history buffs, YouTube is an incredibly addictive site. Are you a football fan? Maybe you’d like to watch some...
ASLI Chooses the Best Books of the Year
The Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) announced their ASLI Choice Award winners for 2012 on Wednesday afternoon at the ASLI...
2013 Recipient of Biometeorology Award Aims to Resolve Complex Boundary Layer Interactions
Thomas Foken, professor of micrometeorology at the University of Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research in Bayreuth, Germany, is...
Broadcast Meteorologist Explains the Climate Change Impacts Already Affecting His Viewers
Chief Meteorologist Jim Gandy of the Columbia, South Carolina, CBS affiliate station WLTX-TV is the 2013 recipient of the AMS...
