Archives for 13 March 2007
Spirit Rover Working Hard!
Published on 13 Mar 2007 at 6:02 pm.
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Filed under Astronomy, Exploration, Intelligent Systems, Mars, Robotics.
The Mars Exploration Rovers have been exploring Mars for more than three years now. That is quite remarkable given the fact that the mission was designed to last 90 Sols or 90 Martian days, which is about 90 Earth days. The two rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, landed on opposite sides of the planet so that […]
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Ten Lessons I wish I had been Taught
Published on 13 Mar 2007 at 2:27 am.
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Filed under Philosophy, Research.
Below is a wonderful talk by the mathematician Gian-Carlo Rota on Ten Lessons. You can find this elsewhere on the web, but his advice is so good that anyone in research or academia should read it.
Enjoy,
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
Ten Lessons I wish I had been Taught
Gian-Carlo Rota
MIT, April 20 , 1996 on the occasion of the […]
