Here’s what we’re reading today: the IG-Nobels ! “The prizes at the 28th annual ceremony at Harvard University were being handed out by real Nobel laureates. The event featured a traditional paper airplane air raid and the premiere of “The Broken Heart Opera,” performed with the help of Harvard Medical Read more…
I always cringe a bit when my Google alerts point to a newly published study that has a title something like “what textbooks get wrong about subject X.” Accuracy is obviously a top goal in the text writing business. But usually, upon reading the article, our books come out well Read more…
I always wince a bit when I do my regular search of my textbooks to see what if anything people are saying and I get a notice of a new scholarly paper that cites my books. These articles usually have a title such as “What Introductory Psychology textbooks get wrong,” Read more…
Most of us can recall a time when we can identify with Archimedes’ exclamation of “Eureka,” which he uttered upon realizing that the volume of bathwater his body displaced is equal to the volume of the parts of his body submerged in the bath. What had seemed just moments before Read more…