Mr. Latimer Clark, F.R.S

Performance of a Prototype MR-TOF-MS for the LEB of the Super-FRS

A multiple-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometer (MR-TOF-MS) [1] will be an important part of the MATS/LaSpec beam-line at the Low-Energy-Branch (LEB) of the Super-FRS at FAIR. The MR-TOF-MS is a fast (∼ms), multi-purpose, non-scanning mass spectrometer with single-ion sensitivity and will be used as a broadband mass spectrometer, as isobar separator or for direct mass measurements of ver...

Elected FRS 1976

Clark Glymour

Twenty years ago, Nancy Cartwright wrote a perceptive essay in which she clearly distinguished causal relations from associations, introduced philosophers to Simpson’s paradox, articulated the difficulties for reductive probabilistic analyses of causation that flow from these observations, and connected causal relations with strategies of action (Cartwright 1979). Five years later, without appr...

Katerina Clark

Reconsidering Clark

The use of Herbert Clark’s work as a theoretical framework in the Computer Supported Collaborative Work domain is often dismissed or judged as “cooked” and led to a large body of controversy. This article intends to reconsider his contribution and re-examined the criticisms he received. The main critics addressed to Clark are that his notion of Common Ground is far too mentalist and lacks “situ...