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Video Presentations

• New Cancer Mentality (Video Interview): Dr. John McGowan on the Bathtub Mechanism to treat Cancer  (1 Hour)
• Solving Problems with Math  (WMV, 10:30, 768 Kbps, 40 MB Total) (Best video quality, please watch this version if possible.)
• Solving Problems with Math   (MP4, 45MB) (Good video quality, MPEG-4 version plays everywhere)

Articles on the Math Blog

• Estimating the Cost and Schedule of Mathematical Software (January 10, 2012)
• Animations of a Possible Cure for Cancer (October 31, 2011)
• Tackling Cancer with Math (October 7, 2011)
• Are Fingerprints Unique? (September 20, 2011)
• The Magical Mathematics of Numb3rs (August 29, 2011)
• Creating Cartoon Voices with Math (August 15, 2011)
• Can Mathematics Cure Cancer? (July 11, 2011)
• Eberhardt Rechtin and the Barrier Course: A Case Study in Math Education (July 5, 2011)
• Protecting Valuable Intellectual Property in Octave (June 27, 2011)
• Genius, Breakthroughs, and the Manhattan Project (June 20, 2011)
• But It Worked in the Computer Simulation! (June 6, 2011)
• The Manhattan Project Considered as a Fluke (May 23, 2011)
• The Game of Life in Octave (May 16, 2011)
• Associative Arrays and Cellular Automata in Octave (May 9, 2011)
• Knowledge is Power...Maybe (May 2, 2011)
• Plotting and Graphics in Octave (April 25, 2011)
• Debating Deliberate Practice (April 18, 2011)
• A Closer Look at Maxima (February 21, 2011)
• LAME: A Case Study in Mathematical Programming (February 15, 2011)
• The Scope of Mathematical Programming Projects (February 9, 2011)
• Using Maxima Output in Octave  (January 31, 2011)
• Using Octave, a Free MATLAB Alternative (January 24, 2011)
• Octave: An Alternative to the High Cost of MATLAB (January 17, 2011)
• When Science Fails (January 10, 2011)
• Gold Fever (October 30, 2010)
• Frankenstein Functions (October 12, 2010)
• The Quantum Mystics (October 3, 2010)
• Symbolmania (September 27, 2010)
• Bad Mathematics: A Trillion Dollar Problem (September 21, 2010)
• Quantum Catfight (September 14,  2010)
• Einstein: Superman or Super Stubborn? (September 3, 2010)
• An Unreasonable Man (January 31, 2010)
• Kepler's New Astronomy (December 17, 2009)
• Faster, Better, Cheaper Search Engines (October 25, 2009)
• Complex Algorithm Research and Development: Harder Than Many Think (July 20, 2009)

Software Engineering

• Faster, Better, Cheaper Search Engines
• Interview with Frontier Economy on Complex Algorithm R&D
• Complex Algorithm Research and Development: Harder Than Many Think
• Bamboozled by Mathematical Models
• Programming Management 101
• Evaluating Technical Feasibility: Lessons from the Madoff Scandal
• Why TV Lost

Science

Space

• John McGowan Interview on The Space Show
• Can the private sector make a breakthrough in space access? (HTML)
• Cheap Access to Space: Lessons from past breakthroughs (HTML)
• Flying Saucers and Science (Book Review)
• The Inconclusive UFO Evidence (Book Review)
• The Inconclusive UFO Evidence II (Book Review)
• Lost in Space: The Fall of NASA and the Dream of a New Space Age (Book Review) (HTML)

Biology

• System-Level Genetic Codes Using a Transposable Element-Like Mechanism with Applications to Cancer
• System-Level Genetic Codes: An Explanation for Biological Complexity
• The Jigsaw Model: An Explanation for the Evolution of Complex Biochemical Systems and the Origin of Life

Problems with Science

• Problems with Popular Science
• Falsifiability in Particle Physics
• The Myth of Falsifiablity
• Psychosurgery (HTML)

The Economy

Financial Crisis

General Crisis

• A Bipartisan Problem  (February 26, 2009)
• Pro-Growth Rhetoric for Anti-Growth Policies  (February 26, 2009)
• The Post Office Versus Wall Street  A brief comparison of two government agencies.  (February 25, 2009)
• A Better Stimulus (February 8, 2009)
• Why a Fiscal Stimulus May Fail and What to Do   (January 10, 2009)
• The Limits of Fiscal Stimulus in the Current Recesssion (November 25, 2008)
• What Should We Do? (Monday, October 6, 2008)

Blaming the Government

• A Brief History of Blaming the Government (January 17, 2010)
• Mommy! The Government Made Me Do It Again! (July 4, 2009)
• Mommy! The Government Made Me Do It! (V)  (March 17, 2009)
• It's All About Alan (March 11, 2009)
• Letters to the Editor (February 28, 2009)
• The Silence of the Banks  (February 24, 2009)
• Mommy! The Government Made Me Do It! (IV) (February 20, 2009)
• Mommy! The Government Made Me Do It! (III) (February 9, 2009)
• Cato Blames the Government (February 3, 2009)
• Mommy! The Government Made Me Do It! (II) (January 26, 2009
• Mommy! The Government Made Me Do It!  (January 13, 2008)

Letters on Financial Crisis

• Response to E-Mail from US Senator Dianne Feinstein (CA) (August 10, 2009)
• Letter to US Senator Dianne Feinstein (CA) on Fiscal Stimulus (July 22, 2009)
• Letter to Congresswoman Anna Eshoo on Financial Stability Plan (February 13, 2009)
• Letter to President Obama on TARP  (February 7, 2009)
• Letter to President Obama on Proposed Bad Bank (January 30, 2009
• Open Letter Opposing the Wall Street Bailout (October 1, 2008)
• Letter to Congresswoman Anna Eshoo on the Wall Street Bailout (September 29, 2008)
• Letter to President Bush on the Wall Street Bailout (September 25, 2008)
• Letter to House Speaker Pelosi on the Wall Street Bailout (September 24, 2008)

Miscellaneous

• Standard Based Monopolies: The WinTel Example

Business (For Sale)

The Hidden Job Market

It is a truism that most jobs are found through the mysterious “hidden job market”. This article explains what the hidden job market is, how to find it, and how to use the hidden job market to find a job.

Fiction

General Satire and Humor

• Huntington Smith and the Academic Review Committee
• The Physicists versus the Flying Saucers
• The Antwolly

General Politics

• The Pompous Conservative Balances the Budget (January 9, 2009)
• The Desperate Republican and the Average American (March 8, 2009)
• Unbiased News: The News You Want (July 22, 2009)

The Wall Street Bailout

Financial Instability Plan

• The Conservative Batman versus the Joker (October 4, 2009)
• The Gorilla and the Mouse (July 28, 2009)
• Oh My God! It's a Conspiracy Theory!  (April 21, 2009)
• Government Sachs Offering Memorandum  (April 12, 2009)
• Wall Street Saves the World (April 5, 2009)
• The Demonization of Wall Street (March 28, 2009)
• The Trillion Dollar Laptop (January 30, 2009)

TARP I

• Treasury Secretary Henry "Hank" Paulson Explains the Wall Street Bailout to the Average American (September 23, 2008)
• Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Explains the Wall Street Bailout to the Average American (September 24, 2008)
• The Pompous Conservative Explains the Wall Street Bailout to the Average American (September 26, 2008)
• The Concerned Liberal Senator Explains the Wall Street Bailout to the Average American (September 26, 2008)
• Super Trader Chauncey Wigginbotham IV Explains the Wall Street Bailout to the Average American (September 28, 2008)
• The Conservative Planning Meeting on the Wall Street Bailout (September 29, 2008)
• The Liberal Planning Meeting on the Wall Street Bailout (September 30, 2008)
• Corporate Titan Harlan "Mac" MacGregor Explains the Wall Street Bailout to the Average American (October 2, 2008)
• The US Leads the World (October 6, 2008)
• The Super Villains and the Wall Street Bailout (October 8, 2008)
• The Incompetent Bank Support Fund (October 14, 2008)
• The Free Market Fanatic Explains the Housing Bubble to the Average American (October 21, 2008)
• The Pompous Conservative is Outraged (October 31, 2008)

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