A Medieval Master Craftsman

Vivien Thomas: master craftsman, gifted teacher, and unsung hero.

The scholar as craftsman: Derek de Solla Price and the reconstruction of a medieval instrument

The Royal Society Conversaziones were biannual social evenings at which distinguished guests could learn about the latest scientific developments. The Conversazione in May 1952 featured an object that came to be called King Arthur's Table. It was a planetary equatorium, made in Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory at the behest of Sir Lawrence Bragg. Conceived by the historian of science Derek de S...

The Model Craftsman

Everyone would like to have craftsman-level quality, but few are willing to devote the time or spend the money craftsmanship requires. Craftsmen working in hard goods, such as leather or silver, mitigate these factors by using devices such as patterns or molds that they can use to quickly replicate a high-quality design many times over. They have built these patterns based on their past experie...

The Craftsman

A Generic Toolbox for the Grid Craftsman

Universally reusable tools for grid management tasks are scarce. We identify coupling of algorithms to data structures as main obstacle for reuse, and show how to overcome the difficulties by using generic programming. After introducing an abstract kernel of grid functionality, we present some universal generic grid tools based on that kernel which are usable for arbitrary grid data structures....