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Midgaard: June 26, 2002: When did it start?

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Physics, biology, technology - reality. Tuesday, June 26, 2012. June 26, 2002: When did it start? The second question most people ask with respect to Hendrik Schön is "When did he start faking data? The first question is either "Why did he do it? Or "How could he possibly think he could get away with it? Neither of these questions can be answered without a Vulcan mind meld.). Before anyone at Bell Labs knew anything about him. At least in the context of the other clear cases of copying, this looks pretty...

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Midgaard: May 28, 2002: First look at internal Schön investigations

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Physics, biology, technology - reality. Tuesday, May 29, 2012. May 28, 2002: First look at internal Schön investigations. Just after Memorial Day in 2002, our committee. We received a large three-ring binder with a dozen or so sections dealing with various issues. In addition, we got copies of email correspondence with and about Hendrik, including management discussions about various issues. (There was no easy way to verify how complete the email collection was, but there was a lot there.). Although ther...

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Midgaard: September 25, 2002

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Physics, biology, technology - reality. Tuesday, September 25, 2012. September 25, 2002. Ten years ago today, Lucent Technologies released the Final Report. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Formerly a practicing physicist and electrical engineer, I have been a freelance science writer since 2003, with an ever-growing interest in biology. My publications are under "Clips" at www.DonMonroe.info. View my complete profile. September 25, 2002. The Plausibility of Life. Some Feeds I Track. Australian sillin...

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Midgaard: Confirming Expectations

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Physics, biology, technology - reality. Friday, June 1, 2012. A good experiment definitively distinguishes between alternative hypotheses. But things get tricky when a well established standard view is pitted against ill-defined alternatives. My Focus story today. Describes measurements of density fluctuations in ultra-cold gases. Several experimental groups have been capturing and cooling bunches of about a thousand atoms above "atom chips" to study such things as Bose-Einstein condensates. A further co...

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Midgaard: May 2010

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Physics, biology, technology - reality. Wednesday, May 5, 2010. Today's New York Times features a bizarre op-ed. By Charles Murray of the American Enterprise Institute. A think tank that describes its scholars as "committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise.". Murray summarizes the results. So let's not try to explain them away," Murray says. So do these conclusions shake the confidence of a school-choice advocate like Murray? Ravitch forcefully ar...

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Midgaard: May 21, 2002: Investigating the Schön Affair

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Physics, biology, technology - reality. Wednesday, May 23, 2012. May 21, 2002: Investigating the Schön Affair. Ten years ago this week, Lucent Technologies announced that it had convened a panel to investigate possible scientific misconduct at Bell Labs. Interestingly, the story in the New York Times. By Kenneth Chang featured the role of Bertram Batlogg, mentioning Hendrik Schön only in the final paragraph. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. The Plausibility of Life. The Yale ...

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Midgaard: June 2012

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Physics, biology, technology - reality. Tuesday, June 26, 2012. June 26, 2002: When did it start? The second question most people ask with respect to Hendrik Schön is "When did he start faking data? The first question is either "Why did he do it? Or "How could he possibly think he could get away with it? Neither of these questions can be answered without a Vulcan mind meld.). Before anyone at Bell Labs knew anything about him. At least in the context of the other clear cases of copying, this looks pretty...

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Midgaard: Free to Choose

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Physics, biology, technology - reality. Wednesday, May 5, 2010. Today's New York Times features a bizarre op-ed. By Charles Murray of the American Enterprise Institute. A think tank that describes its scholars as "committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise.". Murray summarizes the results. So let's not try to explain them away," Murray says. So do these conclusions shake the confidence of a school-choice advocate like Murray? Ravitch forcefully ar...

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Midgaard: May 2012

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Physics, biology, technology - reality. Tuesday, May 29, 2012. May 28, 2002: First look at internal Schön investigations. Just after Memorial Day in 2002, our committee. We received a large three-ring binder with a dozen or so sections dealing with various issues. In addition, we got copies of email correspondence with and about Hendrik, including management discussions about various issues. (There was no easy way to verify how complete the email collection was, but there was a lot there.). Although ther...