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    A Conversation with Len Fisher

    By Laura Silver Posted on 1.15.2009 69 Comments

    Chances are you've played Rock, Paper, Scissors, but how do you calculate your strategy, if you have one at all? In Rock, Paper, Scissors: Game Theory in Everyday Life, physicist Len Fisher points out that putting yourself in your opponent's mindset is a key to success in the game.

    1.9.2009 at 07:59pm - Comment by kaiiibz

    I've taken pens home from work thinking that there are still dozens left over and no one will miss one or two but it's still theft from the company you work for.

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    More Periodic Table Awesomeness

    By Posted on 12.4.2008 2 Comments

    PopSci’s resident mad scientist and pre-eminent element guru Theo Gray has not only amassed one of the best element-sample collections around, he’s spent the last several years taking very high quality photographs of it.

    12.3.2008 at 06:23pm - Comment by kaiiibz

    You can click on the links or manually type in www.periodictable.com to find his products.



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