Category Archives: Academia
Save our Science (S.O.S.)
Many young British and European scientists came as a rite of passage for advanced training in top American Universities and now they mostly come from East Asia and India. I went home after a year at Duke and came back … Continue reading
Posted in Academia
Tagged National Institutes of Health, Research funding, science
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The Sound of Noise & Silence
Among many things we will remember after the coronavirus pandemic, the world was quieter than normal. When I compared a busy avenue-street intersection in Manhattan before and during the lockdown, I found a 6 decibel (dB) difference, four-fold in amplitude. … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Biomedical
Tagged 4'33", hearing loss, John Cage, John Keats, nightingale
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In memoriam – Howard W. Jones, Jr. M.D. (1910-2015)
FROM SUN TO SHINING SEA Dr. Howard Jones passed away a year ago today in his 105th year. The following is extracted from the prologue I wrote for “Howard & Georgeanna” (2015) to remind us of our loss. Since pioneer days, very … Continue reading
Milton’s Mulberry Tree
According to tradition, a mulberry tree was planted at Christ’s College in Cambridge the same year that John Milton was born (1608). The tree shaded the poet when he went up to university as an undergraduate, and survives in what … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Nature
Tagged Cambridge, Christ's College, John Milton, Lycidas, Mulberry tree
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 