This book by Madeleine Albright should be made compulsory reading for everyone who has an interest in the future of civilization. I am not trying to be alarmist, I am just stating a fact. Secretary Albright has unique credentials to be an authority on the subject of fascism. As an eastern European Jew, she saw […]
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Deep Thinking : Garry Kasparov
I have had the pleasure of reading this seminal book by world chess champion Garry Kasparov. As the name makes it obvious, this book was mainly about Kasparov’s two matches with IBM Deep Blue supercomputer. As the reigning world champion at the time, Kasparov was the man to beat for intelligent machines to prove that […]
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Akhi’s Bytes and NASA’s Flights
Let’s see if any of the names mean anything to you. Linda B. Buck, Elizabeth Blackburn, May-Britt Moser?? No? How about these below? Serena M. Aunon, Jeanette J. Epps, Sandra Magnus. Still no, right!!? In a world where Kim Kardashian, Rihanna, and Katy Perry are what we have for role models, how do we go [...]
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Man-eating Tiger of Yeleswaram
When a man-eating tiger was on the prowl terrorising villagers in the area, the local landlord, or Zamindar as they are called in India, took it upon himself to get rid of the menace. Being an avid hunter with years of experience behind him, he was angry and frustrated that none of the usual methods [...]
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The Man-eating tigers of Yeleswaram and ...
