My interest was piqued when I read about the new Hulu series 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘴 and how it was the best sci-fi show of 2020 according to multiple sources. When I looked it up on Wikipedia, I was pleasantly surprised to see that it was created by one of my favorite directors…

It won’t be an exaggeration to say that the entire country (and some foreign countries) was embroiled in the discussion surrounding the US supreme court decision on Roe v. Wade. Many, like me were outraged while some conservative majority celebrated the decision. This left the country more polarized than it…

I introduced a book on Chaos a few days ago that deals with the creativity and complexity of nature and the scientific methodology of studying it. In the same complexity field falls the study of collective behavior. Understanding how seemingly simple (albeit individual choices at the outset) affect entire populations…

Ray Dalio is one of richest people in the world and is the founder of Bridgewater Associates, the largest Hedge Fund in the world. He is called “Steve Jobs of Investing” by some and the innovative practices he pioneered in investment and finance like “currency overlay”, “combined alphas and betas”…

I introduced a book on Chaos (https://tinyurl.com/chaosintro) a few days ago that deals with the creativity and complexity of nature and the scientific methodology of studying it. In the same complexity field falls the study of collective behavior. Understanding how seemingly simple (albeit individual choices at the outset) affect entire…

It won’t be an exaggeration to say that the entire country (and many in foreign countries) was embroiled in the discussion surrounding the US supreme court decision on Roe v. Wade. Many, like me were outraged while some conservative majority celebrated the decision. This left country more polarized than it…

I will begin this intro by quoting Barack Obama, when he recommended the series in an interview while he was the president “…. The scope of it was immense. So that was fun to read, partly because my day-to-day problems with Congress seem fairly petty….”. I love science fiction stories…

Randall Monroe is the brain behind the hugely popular webcomic xkcd (which sounds like a unix command but according to Monroe its just a word with no phonetic pronunciation) and I am a huge fan of this comic. The comic is not only entertaining but informative and fun as hell…

There are not many scientists who are popular both in pop culture and scientific community. Einstein is an obvious example and the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman is another. More than Feynman’s contributions to the field of quantum mechanics, his reputation as a teacher and his work on Manhattan project…