Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience


We now risk killing the very thing that has given the U.S. an enormous national security and economic advantage

If it disagrees with experiment, it’s WRONG. In that simple statement is the key to science.

Reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.

An amazing teacher named Joel Martin is a major reason why I’ve been privileged to spend my life as a researcher. I will always be in his debt.

Seeing the invisible web of intellectual connectedness that binds as a community of scholars is the first step in embracing the consilience of knowledge.