by Len Fisher | 9 Oct 2018 | Think Like a Scientist: Media and Writing
I just came across a link to a segment of the BBC Radio 4 programme “More or Less”, where I debated with Simon Singh the value of equations in the media. “Debated” is really not the right word, since we were on the same side when it came to the... 
by Len Fisher | 11 Jul 2017 | Stray Thoughts
Even some physicists are surprised to learn that “jerk” is a scientific measure. That’s right! A “jerk” is the time rate of change of acceleration, or (equivalently) the third derivative of distance with respect to time. Which reminds me... by Len Fisher | 4 Sep 2009 | Think Like a Scientist: Media and Writing
BBC Radio 4 On the programme More or Less I debated with Simon Singh (author of Fermat’s Last Theorem) about his assertion that the media are doing severe damage to the image of mathematics through the publication of “junk” equations for such things as the best...