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Sardonic laughter: a modest proposal

Sardonic laughter: a modest proposal

by Len Fisher | 9 May 2015 | Stray Thoughts

Scientists are often seen as having a sardonic attitude towards ordinary mortals. Seeking an origin for the word “sardonic”, I came across this from Vladimir Propp’s “Theory and History of Folklore”...
76. Why we should teach students how scientists think.

76. Why we should teach students how scientists think.

by Len Fisher | 4 May 2015 | Mini Stories from Science

When I started this series of Mini Stories, I did so out of pique. Not one, but two agents had told me that people would not be interested in a book about how scientists think. I thought that they would be – or, at least, that they ought to be, and would be if someone...

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