Tag: how science is done

• A Nobel Prize curmudgeon speaks out

  The Nobel Prizes recognize good scientific achievements, but in many ways the attention they get is disproportionate to their value, and presents a false view of how science really works. Part of the problem instead is that the Nobel Prizes perpetuate the idea of a handful of Great Men (only two women have won the…

  Matthew R. Francis

  October 10, 2012

  Galileo’s Pendulum, Writing for Other Sites

  how science is done, Nobel Prize, scientists

• The Dark Energy Camera takes its first images

  I had the privilege of visiting Fermilab in May, as part of my research for my book-in-progress. While I was there, I got to see the test rig for the Dark Energy Camera (DECam), which looks like something from Stargate or the wormhole entrance from Contact. Unfortunately for me, the camera itself had already been…

  Matthew R. Francis

  September 18, 2012

  Ars Technica, Writing for Other Sites

  cosmology, dark energy, how science is done