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Information Theory and the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

Information Theory and the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

| June 10, 2013

What is Information? In the mid 2oth century this was an important question because of the rapidly growing radio, television, and telephone systems all around the world.   The problem facing the telephone company was a logistical one of figuring out how the fewest numbers of wires and other resources could be shared for maximum […]

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Evolution and the Origin of Life

Evolution and the Origin of Life

| July 21, 2012

A prominent Christian website promoting Biblical Creationism has asked its followers to challenge teachers, professors and anyone else with 15 Questions about the Theory of Evolution.   Their campaign is called Question Evolution. Although the questions do not actually challenge the Theory of Evolution, they are questions that certainly deserve carefully thought out answers.   We hope to provide a […]

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