MY LATEST POSTS
Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks: Sex, scandals and science
My home village of Blackheath in Australia's beautiful Blue Mountains boasts many beautiful gardens, none more beautiful than the fifty year-old rhododendron gardens, maintained by an enthusiastic group of volunteers who are mostly older than the gardens themselves....
Cultivating Compassion
Very pleased indeed to have contributed to this book, in a slightly unusual way. NOT from the psychological, approach about improving our relationships, making better people of ourselves, etc , but using compassion as a TOOL to help change the world. Yes, it's a grand...
Working Towards a More Humanistic Society
Very excited to have been invited to speak at the Eighth International Conference on Humanistic Buddhism. I am not a Buddhist per se, but I have great sympathy with many of its aims, and especially with the all-permeating idea of interconnectedness. I will be talking...
Never Eat a Pigeon with a Pumpkin
My wife discovered a remarkable poster when she was visiting Myanmar. Hanging in most domestic kitchens, it advises against certain food combinations that, it is claimed, could make you ill or even kill you outright. But where do such remarkable beliefs come from? And...
MY LATEST POSTS
MINI STORIES FROM SCIENCE
Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks: Sex, scandals and science
My home village of Blackheath in Australia's beautiful Blue Mountains boasts many beautiful gardens, none more beautiful than the fifty year-old rhododendron gardens, maintained by an enthusiastic group of volunteers who are mostly older than the gardens themselves....
STRAY THOUGHTS
Cultivating Compassion
Very pleased indeed to have contributed to this book, in a slightly unusual way. NOT from the psychological, approach about improving our relationships, making better people of ourselves, etc , but using compassion as a TOOL to help change the world. Yes, it's a grand...
PLANNING FOR LIFE’S CRISES
Working Towards a More Humanistic Society
Very excited to have been invited to speak at the Eighth International Conference on Humanistic Buddhism. I am not a Buddhist per se, but I have great sympathy with many of its aims, and especially with the all-permeating idea of interconnectedness. I will be talking...
FOOD & GASTRONOMY
Never Eat a Pigeon with a Pumpkin
My wife discovered a remarkable poster when she was visiting Myanmar. Hanging in most domestic kitchens, it advises against certain food combinations that, it is claimed, could make you ill or even kill you outright. But where do such remarkable beliefs come from? And...
MY BOOKS
My books are aimed to help people see and understand the world through a scientist’s eyes, with a good leavening of humour, anecdote and the personal stories.
TESTIMONIALS
“Fisher is a master story-teller, making difficult scientific concepts seem simple through elegant exposition. Crashes, Crises and Calamities addresses the challenge of disaster prediction … by a brilliant and engaging integration of diverse scientific perspectives.”
“[Rock, Paper, Scissors is a] tour de force of exposition, with many amusing and enlightening vignettes of the application of game theory to real-world interactions in the home, amongst friends, in business, and in international relations.”
“Scientists are constantly trying to make science accessible to the general public, but rarely are they as successful as physicist [Len] Fisher.”
“From locusts watching Star Wars to Murphy’s Law of Management, The Perfect Swarm hits all the buttons … a wonderful tour through the new mathematics of swarms, flocks and crowds.”