John Harrison, the Chronometer Maker

by HARRISON BROWN , JAMES BONNER AND JOHN WEIR

This article has been extracted from the book, The Next Hundred Years: Man's Natural and Technological Resources, b y Harrison Brown, James Bonner, and John Weir, published this month* Dr. Brown is professor of geochemistry at Caltech; Dr. Bonner, professor of biology; Dr. Weir, professor of psychology. This extract, the last in a series of three, has been drawn largely from Dr. Weir's evaluati...

The Harrison Bergeron olympics.

We appreciate Bermon and colleagues’ (2013) engagement with our critical reflection on the new hyperandrogenism policies from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) (Karkazis et al. 2012) and thank them for characterizing it as “exceptionally thoughtful and thorough.” In the spirit of continued dialogue, we would observe that ...

Harrison 21_3

The expression of certain CD44 variants has been linked with metastasis and tumour progression. In particular, high molecular weight forms of CD44 show restricted expression in tumours and may correlate with tumour development and metastasis. In this study, we examined the expression of CD44 variants in prostate cancer cell lines: the invasive PC-3 and DU-145, low invasive LNCaP, and two non-in...

Ann Harrison

The Maker Fables

This Science Fiction Prototype explores the idea that the current interest in maker space activities could continue to grow to the point where it causes a sea change in the manufacturing industry as it shifts from centralised production in factories, to a distributed production in people’s communities or homes. This move is a natural extension of a number of research trends, such as the increas...