Charles Louis Craib: natural historian extraordinaire

Charles Raven. Naturalist, historian, theologian

centuries (C.B. Schmitt); science in the early Royal Society (M.D. Hall); science and religion in the seventeenth century (P.M. Rattansi); the growth of Netherlands science in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries (W. D. Hackmann); the rise and fall of Scottish science (J. R. R. Christie); scientific careers in eighteenth-century France (R. Hahn); the development of a professional care...

Pierre-Charles-Alexandre Louis and the evaluation of bloodletting.

Paul S. Martin (1928–2010): Luminary, Natural Historian, and Innovator

Paul S. Martin, a monumental figure in paleontology and ecology, died on September 13, 2010, at the age of 82. He wanted others to know, conveyed in a message from his wife, that when the time came, he would ‘‘die’’ and then be ‘‘dead.’’ He would not pass on, go gently, meet his maker, or go over to the other side. Paul combined an intense love for life, adventure, and natural history with inno...

Knowledge and Learning in Natural Language (Charles

Introduction. This review was written from the perspective of someone working in the field of Machine Learning of Natural Language: the application of techniques from statistical pattern recognition and Machine Learning to problems in Natural Language Processing (NLP). As in any subfield of Artificial Intelligence, the goals of this type of research can be either practical or theoretical. From ...

A centenarian extraordinaire.

Henry Rollin, a distinguished Member, Fellow and now Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, has attained his 101st year. The achievements of this remarkable man are described and speculations made about the reasons for his longevity and his plans for the future.