Book Review: The Immortal Seven: Judson and His Associates, Dr. and Mrs. Adoniram Judson, Samuel Newell, Harriet Newell, Gordon Hall, Samuel Nott, Luther Rice

Judson J. Van Wyk, M.D.: his life and legacy.

Judson J. Van Wyk, M.D. died peacefully at his home on June 22, 2004 after a relatively brief illness. By his side were Persis, his wife and soul-mate of 60 years, his children, Judy, Peter, Perky and Jake, and his six grandchildren. During his 83 years he led an extra-ordinarily full life devoted to his passions, his family, his work, and sailing. He was an active academician until weeks befor...

Book Review: Allen Newell, Unified Theories of Cognition

Besides being a status report on the Soar project, Unified Theories of Cognition is Allen Newell’s attempt at directing the field of Cognitive Science by example. Newell argues that his approach to "unification," which involves the programmed extension of a single piece of software-architecture-as-theory to as many psychological domains as possible, is the proper research methodology for Cognit...

Review of Horace Judson, the Great Betrayal

The Great Betrayal is a broad-brush discussion of scientific fraud over the last quartercentury. It is a tale told by a very skilled and engaging writer, aimed the educated general public, and deeply concerned with the viability of a precious institution. Judson's exposition of the subject is certainly the best of breed. But the book is also useful to specialist researchers because it is so ric...

Dr. Samuel Gill

The Newell Highway Road Safety Review

The Newell Highway is the longest highway in NSW, stretching over 1,000 kilometres from the Victorian border to the Queensland border. It is a major freight route from Melbourne to Brisbane, as well as being popular with interstate travellers and tourists. This route was reviewed using a multi-disciplinary method developed by the NSW Centre for Road Safety based on Safe System principles. The r...