Basic Science: (May 2006)

Oberwolfach May 2006

These are the notes I typed during the talks. I haven’t spent much time after the lectures cleaning them up so there are probably lots of typos and even some more serious errors. The hardest thing was getting the quiver diagrams done in real time. I often had to give up! Anyway, there may be some value to this so I’m placing it in the public domain. feedback is welcome. 1. King—Moduli of sheave...

Basic Facts for Basic Science

Overall, this outstanding text should soon become recognized as the definitive reference for the diagnosis and management of ocular trauma. The tall, narrow shape of Basic Facts for Basic Science suggests that perhaps the author intended that it be put into the pocket of one's lab coat; perhaps not, but this book is certainly appropriate for the shelf of any laboratory and for the office of any...

How basic is basic science?

Some other possible conclusions come easily to mind. Perhaps, if we’re really concerned about students’ learning evidence-based medicine, then we should teach it more or better. On the other hand I am one of many who have joined the anti-EBM movement (Norman 1999). In my view, the fundamental irony remains that, even though it made the BMJ’s ‘‘Top 15 Medical Innovations of all Time’’ list in 20...

Basic Science

Patience among children * May 2006

Recent policy initiatives offer cash payments to children (and often their families) to induce better health and educational choices. These policies implicitly assume that children are especially impatient (i.e., have high discount rates); however, little is known about the nature of children's patience, how it varies across children, and whether children can even make rational intertemporal ch...