by Len Fisher | 17 Jun 2013 | Think Like a Scientist: Media and Writing
European Society for Risk Analysis 22nd Conference, Trondheim, June 17-19 (2013) (with Marie Valentine-Florin) Many of the serious problems that we face today follow a similar pattern, where the effects of slow, imperceptible change go unheeded until they bring us to... by Len Fisher | 27 Jan 2012 | Planning for Life's Crises: Media and Writing
Heron Island Complex Systems Summer School, 16–27 January, 2012 (Heron Island, Queensland, Australia) “Business is arguably the human enterprise that drives our use (and abuse) of natural resources more than any other activity. Business and the biosphere are... by Len Fisher | 10 Dec 2011 | Think Like a Scientist: Media and Writing
At an International Research Governance Council meeting on “Slow moving risks with potentially catastrophic outcomes”, held in Venice from 26–28 August 2011, a group of senior politicians and scientists (myself among them) met to consider the advice that we could best... by Len Fisher | 28 Jun 2011 | Planning for Life's Crises: Media and Writing
Plenary Lecture, International Conference on Complex Systems, Boston U.S. Critical transitions occur when slow, sometimes imperceptible, changes in conditions bring a complex dynamical system to a point where runaway processes such as positive feedback take over from... by Len Fisher | 13 Sep 2008 | Food & Gastronomy: Media and Writing
Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery Synopsis: In this talk I will explore the strange world of vegetable acoustics, from the sounds that tell us how fresh a vegetable is when we tap it to the use of vegetables as musical instruments. The talk will cover: The screams,...