Musings on technology and justice
A month back I watched a documentary on Abdus Salam, the first physicist from Pakistan to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. During his lifetime, he made significant contributions to quantum mechanics and was awarded the Nobel for his development of theory of the electroweak interaction. You can watch it on Netflix, here is […]
Read More The stateless quantum mechanics of Abdus SalamJoy today from a family of black scientists
Read More Mickens family laughterWe learned of Stephen Hawking’s passing today. I learned that one of the technologists behind the assistive technology that amplified the continuous flow of so many of his ground breaking insights is Lama Nachman. Her story and the implications for better assistive technology is fascinating. We are both mourning the passing of Stephen Hawking and […]
Read More Mothers of invention, a parting nod from Stephen Hawking