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"Dead Of Night": The Horror Movie That Inspired Hoyle's Steady State Model

Oct 30 2010 | comment(s)

After watching "Five Million Years To Earth", a terrific mix of science, horror and anthropology, it's no crime to associate British horror cinema with Hammer Films, even though that was not one of the bloody Dracula films which earned them their fame.
Early photographic image of humans discovered?

Early photographic image of humans discovered?

Oct 28 2010 | comment(s)

It isn't the first photograph of humans but two men near the river's edge in a photo of Cincinnati taken in 1848 is kind of a big deal among photography historians.

"Life of Pi": How to make 3-D movies interesting

Oct 27 2010 | comment(s)

In the 1980s, computer generated characters were the rage so people were always looking for a way to use them in films, regardless of whether or not it helped or hurt the story.   So it goes with 3-D in movies today.

For those who don't wear glasses, it is an annoyance and for people who do wear glasses, it is twice the annoyance, but everyone is making 3-D movies because...everyone else is making 3-D movies.
The Math Of Baseball: Bayes Takes On The World Series

The Math Of Baseball: Bayes Takes On The World Series

Oct 26 2010 | comment(s)

It's playoff time in baseball and the Giants have home field advantage over the Texas Rangers starting tomorrow, October 27th.

Baseball, more so than any other sport, lends itself to numerical analysis because virtually everything except defense is rigorously quantifiable.   There are some details, such as an umpire who might call a wider strike zone than another, but at least from a rules perspective the strike zone is what it is. 
Communicating with academics: A guide

Communicating with academics: A guide

Oct 25 2010 | comment(s)

Statistically, whichever of these you are not will be funny.   The one you are, not so much.
5 Days Of Halloween Movies:

5 Days Of Halloween Movies: "Five Million Years To Earth"

Oct 25 2010 | comment(s)

You may not know the name Hammer Films, but if you have watched movies at all you have probably heard of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.    In 1957 they appeared in a British 'horror' movie called THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN and it put both of them, and the studio, on the cultural map.