Monthly Archives: April 2010

Stephen Wolfram: Computing a Theory of Everything

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Six Degrees of Marbury v. Madison : A Sink Based Visualization

The visualization above is something we call “six degrees” of Marbury v. Madison.  It was originally produced for use in our paper Distance Measures for Dynamic Citation Networks. Due to space considerations, we ended up leaving it on the cutting … Continue reading

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A Quantum Calculation: Is Information at the Root of Everything?

From the article “… Vlatko Vedral, an Oxford physicist, examines the claim that bits of information are the universe’s basic units, and the universe as a whole is a giant quantum computer. He argues that all of reality can be … Continue reading

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Law as a Complex Adaptive System Syllabus -Updated Version 04.24.10

For the past year, Mike and I have been running an undergraduate independent study course entitled Law as a Complex System? Well, it is the end of the academic year here at Michigan and we thought it would be a … Continue reading

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The World Bank Data: Now Freely Available – Featuring New Interface, API, etc.

World Bank’s Open Data Initiative from World Bank on Vimeo.

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The United States Code — The Movie — Featuring Title 16 — Conservation

Above is a movie displaying Title 16 (Conservation) a subset of the content contained within the United States Code. At more than 2,400 pages (download it here), Title 16 is one of the larger titles in the US Code.  Yet, … Continue reading

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Ron Eglash on African Fractals [via TED]

Math is beautiful and fractals are among the most elegant objects in all of mathematics.  I have to admit that I am a bit obsessed with them. For those who are interested in learning more about fractals … this Ted … Continue reading

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Tracking the Cancellations Across Europe [Via NY Times]

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Bursts: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do

Albert-László Barabási, in his usual creative fashion, has produced an interesting game to help publicize his new book, Bursts: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do. Read their description of the game below and check it out if you’re interested! … Continue reading

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Tax Day: A Mathematical Approach to the Study of the United States Code

United States Code April 15th is Tax Day! Unless you’ve filed for an extension or you’re a corporation on your own fiscal year, you’ve hopefully finished your taxes by now! While you were filing your return, you may have noticed … Continue reading

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Michael Specter: The Danger of Science Denial

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The Pace of Evolution Across Fitness Valleys

From the abstract: “How fast does a population evolve from one fitness peak to another? We study the dynamics of evolving, asexually reproducing populations in which a certain number of mutations jointly confer a fitness advantage. We consider the time … Continue reading

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SEAL 11 @ William & Mary Law School

This weekend we participated in the Society for Evolutionary Analysis in Law (SEAL) annual meeting at William & Mary Law School. For those not already familiar, SEAL is devoted to the integration of the life sciences and social sciences into … Continue reading

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