Michael Robbins, the editor of Military History, took the stage this afternoon at the Inc. 500|5000 Conference to discuss Sun Tzu's 2nd century classic, The Art of War.
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[ Editor's note: This excerpt from The Quants, by Scott Patterson (Crown Business, 2010), describes the 2006 Wall Street Poker Night Tournament, which featured professional poker players T. J. Cloutier and Clonie Gowen.
Read More »Pandora, Rhapsody Bring Social Music Power To The People
Streaming music services Rhapsody and Pandora are adding social features that go beyond artists, albums, and carefully curated playlists to share what users are really listening to.
Read More »The Prince of Evolution: Peter Kropotkin’s Adventures in Science and Politics
Editor's Note: The following excerpted from The Prince of Evolution: Peter Kropotkin's Adventures in Science and Politics
Read More »Prescient but Not Perfect: A Look Back at a 1966 Scientific American Article on Systems Analysis
A note from the Editor in Chief: Scientific American is celebrating its 166th year. [More]
Read More »System Analysis and Programming
A note from the Editor in Chief: Scientific American is celebrating its 166th year. Given its history as the longest continuously published magazine in the U.S., it's probably no surprise that it has touched the lives and career paths of many readers--including the scientists who write articles for us and whose work we cover. So, as often happens, when I met Peter Norvig, director of research for Google, while we were serving as judges for the Google Science Fair , we got to chatting about Scientific American
Read More »"Hacking Your Education," Coming To A Bookstore Near You
Quitting college at 18 to move to Silicon Valley and pursue your startup is the stuff of Hollywood dreams. Now add a billionaire benefactor--PayPal founder and Facebook investor Peter Thiel--bankrolling you and under pressure to prove that entrepreneurship can rival Harvard as a path to success. The inaugural class of Thiel Fellows is blogging about their experiences for Fast Company
Read More »Triumph of the City [Excerpt]
Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from Triumph Of The City by Edward Glaeser. Published by arrangement with The Penguin Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA), Copyright
Read More »First Nations Tribe Combines Science with Legacy of Conservation
Editor's note: This story is the final entry in a four-part series that Anne Casselman, a freelance writer and regular contributor to Scientific American , reported in early June during a rare opportunity to conduct field reporting on grizzly bears in Heiltsuk First Nation traditional territory in British Columbia.
Read More »The Bear Truth: Grizzlies’ Snagged Hair Samples Reveal Dependence on Salmon
Editor's note: This story is part of a four-part series that Anne Casselman, a freelance writer and regular contributor to Scientific American , reported in early June during a rare opportunity to conduct field reporting on grizzly bears in Heiltsuk First Nation traditional territory in British Columbia. For a first-person acocunt of her experience there, click here . HEILTSUK TRADITIONAL TERRITORY, British Columbia--"Remember, if she charges, don't run ," Doug Brown, researcher and field station manager for Raincoast Conservation Foundation and member of the Heiltsuk First Nation, who tells me as we climb out of the boat at the head of one of the countless inlets found in the of the Heiltsuk Traditional Territory along British Columbia's central coast
Read More »Hair of the Bear: Fur Samples Yield Insights into Grizzlies’ Salmon Dependence [Slide Show]
Editor's note: This slide show is part of a four-part series that Anne Casselman, a freelance writer and regular contributor to Scientific American , reported in early June during a rare opportunity to conduct field reporting on grizzly bears in Heiltsuk First Nation traditional territory in British Columbia. For a first-person reflection on her experience there, click here .
Read More »Do Language and Music Mimic Nature?
Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from the first chapter of the new book Harnessed: How Language and Music Mimicked Nature and Transformed Ape to Man , by Mark Changizi.
Read More »The Case for Parallel Universe
Editor's note: In the August issue of Scientific American, cosmologist George Ellis describes why he's skeptical about the concept of parallel universes. Here, multiverse proponent multiverse proponents Alexander Vilenkin and Max Tegmark offer counterpoints, explaining why the multiverse would account for so many features of our universe--and how it might be tested.
Read More »Squid Studies: Southward bound: "We had all felt the pattern of the Gulf…"–J. Steinbeck and E.F. Ricketts, Sea of Cortez (1940)
Editor's Note: William Gilly , a professor of biology at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station, embarked on new expedition this month to study jumbo squid in the Gulf of California on the National Science Foundation–funded research vessel New Horizon . This is his seventh blog post about the trip. [More]
Read More »SA Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina Teaches Viewers About ‘Taz’
A pilot episode of It Ain't Rocket Science , an original, family-friendly television show that Time Warner Cable has created as part of its Connect a Million Minds venture, aired June 24 on NY1. The program shares information about STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) topics, aiming to cultivate a love of science in children through informational segments and interviews with experts--such as Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina. [More]
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