ARCHIVES März 2015
Erdös number
I recently checked my Erdös number and it seems that it is 4. But what does that mean? First, Paul Erdös was a mathematician and he published really a lot of scientific papers (>1500) together with a large and broad number of peers. If you want to study connectivity among researchers, you could plot each…
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In light of recent events – The flu
The flu (also known as influenza) is an infectious disease caused by a virus – the influenza virus. While most people confuse the flu with the common cold (also an infectious disease, but caused mainly by rhinovirues), the symptoms can be more severe. In fact, the flu can be deadly, especially mutated versions, such as…
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