by Len Fisher | 1 Jan 2011 | Think Like a Scientist: Media and Writing
Physics World (p. 38) A review of Mark Denny’s exciting new book Super Structures: The Science of Bridges, Buildings, Dams and Other Feats of Engineering. Download review (PDF) by Len Fisher | 20 Dec 2008 | Game Theory & You: Media and Writing
The Washington Post There seems to be little doubt that Bernard Madoff is a cheat. His apparent Ponzi scheme, in which capital from new investors would have been used to pay “dividends” to earlier investors, ultimately cost the participants many billions... by Len Fisher | 1 Sep 2005 | Food & Gastronomy: Media and Writing
Daily Mail The first piece of toast that I ever ate was also the most perfect. There were no electric toasters in those days; certainly not in the Australian bush where my father was preparing a barbecue for the family. While the fire was dying down to a glowing layer... by Len Fisher | 1 Sep 2005 | Think Like a Scientist: Media and Writing
Cosmos Pre-mediaeval writers had a hard time of it. It wasn’t that there was nothing exciting to write about – the problem was finding something durable to write it on. The best material was parchment made from animal skins, which was chosen by a tenth-century... by Len Fisher | 1 Oct 2004 | Think Like a Scientist: Media and Writing
Times Higher Education Supplement For scientific pioneers, ridicule is an occupational hazard. The early aviation pioneers were ridiculed by the then President of the Royal Society, Lord Kelvin, who declared in 1895 that ‘Heavier-than-air flying machines are...