The embryonic cell lineage of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans Updated +Created
Monumental 55 page beast, presumably the culmination of many years of work.
Work by John Sulston Updated +Created
Biology database Updated +Created
Sanjay Ghemawat Updated +Created
Jeff Dean Updated +Created
He stayed there for 25 years. What a beast.
Hardy Littlewood Updated +Created
Good mentions at The man who loved numbers, notably youtu.be/PqP2c5xNaTU?t=349 where Bela Bollobas, friend of Littlewood, talks about their collaboration.
Francis Crick and James Watson Updated +Created
Some good mentions of their dynamic duo status at The Race for the Double Helix. Their chemistry and love are palpable during their joint interviews.
Very clearly, Francis is the charismatic one, and James is the nerd.
Nuclear strategy Updated +Created
Video 1.
NERF Nuke by The Whitest Kids U'Know
. Source.
Pieter van Musschenbroek Updated +Created
Alberto Fermi Updated +Created
Leyden jar Updated +Created
Pieter van Musschenbroek is the perfect example that if your surname is too complicated, things you invent will not be named after you!
The man who loved numbers (Nova episode) Updated +Created
Video 1.
The man who loved numbers by WGBH
. Source. Season 15 Episode 19 from their series Nova (1988)
Michael Faraday Updated +Created
The Race for the Double Helix (Nova) Updated +Created
Nova episode Updated +Created
Good ones:
De-banking should be illegal Updated +Created
Courts of law should decide if your money is legal or not. Not private entities such as banks. This is actually a case for cryptocurrencies and central bank digital currencies.
Ciro Santilli had a fun mini-case of this with his Barclays account frozen for a few days in 2024 in the UK after receiving a large anonymous cryptocurrency donatio: Barclays regulation.
GTK Updated +Created

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