04 JAN 2012 by ideonexus The "Second Half of the Chessboard"
An interesting reference to the exponential growth when the Vizicar asked the king for doubling growth of grains for each square of the chessboard he had invented. Not terribly large amounts at first, but they become vast as we work across the boards 64 squares.
Folksonomies: metaphors,exponential growth

01 JAN 2012 by ideonexus The Origin of the Name "Roots and Shoots"
For Jane Goodall's organization that encourages youth into good works and activism.
Folksonomies: metaphors,metaphor,activism,environmentalism,roots and shoots

12 DEC 2011 by ideonexus M-Theory is a Map
Just as there is no single flat map that can describe the Earth's surface, M-Theory is a collection of models that describe the laws of our Universe.
Folksonomies: metaphors,metaphor,quantum physics,m-theory,models

06 JUL 2011 by ideonexus Babies are Little Mars Rovers
They are incredibly powerful learning machines.
Folksonomies: metaphors,babies,learning

19 JUN 2011 by ideonexus How Culture Influences Scientific Metaphors
Electricity has a current because Franklin thought it flowed like water, mal-aria is named after "bad air" because people thought it was caused by that, and we define the Universe it terms of clockwork or information depending on the cultural innovations of the time.
Folksonomies: science,metaphors,metaphor,terminology,semantics

09 JUN 2011 by ideonexus Genes and Their Effect are Cybernetic
With the genes programming the biology, and the biology writing the genes.
Folksonomies: metaphors,biology,genes,software,hardware

01 JAN 2010 by ideonexus A Mind Like a Dog Turning Around for a Time Before Allowing Sleep
A nice way to describe thoughts that keep us up at night.
Folksonomies: metaphors