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Math and paleoanthropology

Holding true to my promise to add more math, and reflecting the fact that class registration for the Spring semester begins next week at Wellesley, here are some thoughts on the math courses I have had that I find the … Continue reading

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In defense of equations

PNAS has a series of brief comments on the role that equations–and more broadly, math-heavy papers–play in the citation frequency of biology articles (see here, here, here, here and here). It appears to be the case that in at least … Continue reading

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