Samuel Arbesman

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Press


No Wizard Left Behind: Why Hogwarts students are so stupid (Der Spiegel: November 11, 2010)


Harry Potter: Jock or nerd? (The Oregonian: November 10, 2010)


What We’re Reading: For God or Government (Economix blog | The New York Times: November 8, 2010)


Mechanical Proust (Daily Dish | The Atlantic: October 18, 2010)


Foreign Influence (National Affairs | Findings: A Daily Roundup of Academic Studies: October 16, 2010)


Astronomers find ‘potentially’ habitable exoplanet (Physics World: September 29, 2010)


Is there a Moore's law for science? (New Scientist: September 21, 2010)


We'll Find an Extrasolar Habitable Planet Next Spring, Scientists Predict (The Atlantic: September 20, 2010)


First Habitable Exoplanet Could Be Discovered by May (Wired: September 20, 2010)


We'll Find Earth's Twin by May 2011, Experts Predict (National Geographic: September 16, 2010)


Discovery of the First Earth-Like, Habitable Exoplanet Will Be Announced in May of 2011 (Maybe) (Popular Science: September 15, 2010)


Habitable planet discovery likely in 2011 (CBC News : September 15, 2010)


Discovery of Habitable Earth-Like Planet 'To Be Announced in May 2011' (MIT Technology Review | Physics arXiv Blog : September 15, 2010)


Scientometrics: the science of science (Nine to Noon | Radio New Zealand National : August 26, 2010)


Picking winners in science (New Zealand Herald: August 23, 2010)


In their element: The science of science (The Independent: August 16, 2010)


Today's Quote (The Economist: July 20, 2010)


Galactic Guide: Map of the Milky Way (Harvard Magazine : July-August, 2010)


Are streaks fact or fiction? (The Kansas City Star: June 28, 2010)


On the tip of your tongue (Harvard Magazine : May-June, 2010)


Mesofacts, Memes and More: 25 New Tech Words You Need to Know (FOX News : April 7, 2010)


A Gazetteer of Strange Science (The Colin McEnroe Show | WNPR : April 1, 2010) [first 20 minutes]


Se la verità sta nei «fatti di mezzo» (Il Sole 24 Ore: March 21, 2010)


Pittsburgh is a Mesofact. Get used to it! (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: March 11, 2010)


Mesofacts (Future Tense | ABC Radio International: March 11, 2010)


Pondering Mesofacts (Word of Mouth | New Hampshire Public Radio: March 10, 2010) [click here and listen at 17:00]


Mesofacts (Frankfurter Rundschau: March 7, 2010)


New kind of fact of the week (National Post: March 6, 2010)


Mesofacts (The New York Times Schott's Vocab blog: March 4, 2010)


The 'mesofacts' of technology and business (IT World Canada: March 4, 2010)


This may date you (The Globe and Mail: March 2, 2010)


Milky Way Transit Authority (GeekSpeak | KUSP Radio: February 6, 2010) [click here and listen at 22:10]


Welcome to the Milky Way Transit Authority: Big Pic (Discovery News: February 2, 2010)


Gallery: Picture of the Day [cached] (New Scientist: January 29, 2010)


Simplified map of Milky Way created (Hindustan Times: January 22, 2010)


Harvard scientist creates 'intergalactic tube map of Milky Way' (The Telegraph: January 21, 2010)


Mind the gap: Scientist creates intergalactic tube map of the Milky Way (The Daily Mail: January 20, 2010)


Pictures of the day: 20 January 2010 (The Telegraph: January 20, 2010)


More Recommended Reading: Bored With Football Stats? Try Fantasy Geopolitics (The New York Times Idea of the Day blog: December 17, 2009)


More Recommended Reading: How to Name an Asteroid George Plimpton (The New York Times Idea of the Day blog: October 7, 2009)


Links: Naming the Sky (Harper's Magazine Online: October 7, 2009)


In the News: Un Rêve de Livre, Plimpton in Space (The New Yorker Book Bench blog: September 30, 2009)


More Recommended Reading: Things Mathematicians See at the Movies (The New York Times Idea of the Day blog: September 14, 2009)


The Triumph of the Random: Was Joe DiMaggio's Hitting Streak a Fluke? (The Wall Street Journal: July 3, 2009)


Are We Coins? (Radiolab - WNYC and NPR: June 29, 2009)


When Your Child Is Truly Gifted (Wired News - GeekDad: June 24, 2009)


The Count: Joe Mauer’s Pursuit of Ted Williams (The Wall Street Journal: June 19, 2009)


Fremde Freunde (Foreign Friends) (aspekte: a German cultural news show: April 17, 2009) [for viewing instructions, click here]


Social Studies (Globe and Mail: March 25, 2009) [behind paywall]


The Galaxy at the End of the Universe (Discovery Channel blog: March 4, 2009)


How to Name Your Own Number (The Wall Street Journal: February 17, 2009)


The 'Your Name Here' Law of Bluster (The New York Times Idea of the Day blog: February 13, 2009)


Immortality: Getting theories named after you (The Point | CBC Radio: February 13, 2009)


An Easier Way To Get Around (Discover Magazine online blog: January 9, 2009)


Social melting pots foster technological innovation (New Scientist: 2677; October 8, 2008)


Collaboration: Group theory (Nature: 455, 720 - 723; October 8, 2008)


Why Chipper Jones Is Such a Long Shot for .400 (The Wall Street Journal: June 11, 2008)


In Defense of Joe DiMaggio (The Wall Street Journal: April 3, 2008)


Every Old Meme is New Again (Wired News: December 1, 2006)


How the Word Gets Around (Wired News: May 7, 2004) [about the Memespread Project]


Ancient wings unfurled (Nature Science Update: October 27, 2003) [archived at this site]