02 November 2017 A Matter Of Time An extra hour in bed. By Chin Chin We all know, without perhaps being quite sure why, that time goes at different speeds in different frames of reference. That is one of the more startling conclusions of Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity. Still, there is nothing in that… Continue reading Issue 127: 2017 11 02: A Matter Of Time (Chin Chin)
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Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Computers and Risk (John Watson)
04 August 2016 Computers and Risk Could what went wrong in banking go wrong elsewhere? by John Watson When Kevin Rodgers states that traders get better with age, he is wholly convincing. His book “Why Aren’t They Shouting?” (Random House Business Books 2016) takes you through his career as a banker specialising in foreign exchange… Continue reading Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Computers and Risk (John Watson)
Issue 47: 2016 03 31: Silent Virtue (Chin Chin)
31 March 2016 Silent Virtue It is not the doing but the not telling that is the true virtue. by Chin Chin From time to time I try to do Lorentz transformations in the bath. No, that isn’t some exciting new deviant procedure involving a bar of soap and a plastic duck; it isn’t even… Continue reading Issue 47: 2016 03 31: Silent Virtue (Chin Chin)
