Publications & Library - New Science

You and Your Research by Richard Hamming — A retired Bell Labs scientist gives a speech on the question, “Why do so few scientists make significant contributions and so many are forgotten in the long run?” Cargo Cult Science by Richard Feynman — The 1974 commencement address for Caltech, where Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman argues for what he calls a “first principle” in conducting research: “you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.” How Do People Get New Ideas? by Isaac Asimov — An essay on creativity and how to make it happen. Atoms of Cognition: Metaphysics in the Royal Society by Neal Stephenson — Speculative Fiction author Neal Stephenson discusses metaphysics and why it is essential to scientific progress. What has happened down here is the winds have changed by Andrew Gelman — Statistician Andrew Gelman gives a brief history of the Replication crisis and how it burned through science in the years from 2011 to 2016. Social psychology may be ground zero,

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