In remembering that something was forgotten, some forgetting can still occur. This study serves as an example of that: “I forgot that you existed: Role of memory accessibility in the gender citation gap,” Veronica X. Yan, Amy N. Arndt, Katherine Muenks, and Marlone D. Henderson. American Psychologist, epub 2024. (Thanks to Chris McManus for bringing […]
This week’s Feedback column (that I write) in New Scientist magazine has three segments. Here are bits of each of them: Nest in mouth — Curious items lurk unnoticed in large museums. The photo above shows one of them: a bird’s nest seated in the mouth of a large, ancient, carved stone human face. Feedback recently had the […]
J.S. Milne (pictured here) wrote a list of “Tips for Authors.” Though intended for mathematicians, it may be equally useful to others. Milne’s list begins with this: If you write clearly, then your readers may understand your mathematics and conclude that it isn’t profound. Worse, a referee may find your errors. Here are some tips […]
This entry in our Multiplicity of Authors collection features several Quisiquaters and several Guillous: “How to Explain Zero-Knowledge Protocols to Your Children,” Jean-Jacques Quisquater [pictured here], Myriam Quisquater, Muriel Quisquater, Michaël Quisquater, Louis C. Guillou, Marie Annick Guillou, Gaïd Guillou, Anna Guillou, Gwenolé Guillou, Soazig Guillou, Thomas A. Berson, Proceedings of the 9th Annual International […]