Did Not Endorse Solidified Formaldehyd.

How Einstein Did Not Discover

What powered Einstein’s discoveries? Was it asking naïve questions, stubbornly? Was it a mischievous urge to break rules? Was it the destructive power of operational thinking? It was none of these. Rather, Einstein made his discoveries through lengthy, mundane investigations, pursued with tenacity and discipline. We have been led to think otherwise in part through Einstein’s brilliance at recou...

Why HP did not get "Blastered"

In August 2003 the IT industry was brought to its knees due to the release of a vicious worm called “Blaster” which cost the industry billions of dollars. However, HP was largely unaffected because of innovative technology produced jointly by HP Labs and Corporate IT that has been protecting our corporate network for over two years. In this paper we will explain how these new types of worms att...

The HCV Revolution Did Not Happen Overnight

The progress in HCV therapy in the last three years is similar to the progress that took HIV therapy ∼14 years. We are at the brink of approval for an all-oral drug combination that is dosed once daily as a single pill, has >95% efficacy, and is well tolerated. This article summarizes the path to this success and the challenges still ahead.

Bonaparte Did Not Die of Cancer

What the Wright Brothers Did and Did Not Understand About Flight Mechanics—In Modern Terms

When the Wright Brothers began their work at the end of the 19 century there were no theories of aerodynamics or of flight mechanics. Data were available for the lift and drag of certain kinds of airfoils, mostly thin and highly cambered imitations of birds’ wings. The theory of airfoils began in 1902, but had no practical consequences until World War I, and was unknown to the Wrights and their...