HAVING read Margot Lee Shetterly’s book of the same title before seeing Hidden Figures on the big screen, I found the movie offers a simpler portrayal of the African-American women mathematicians’ roles in the great… Read More
Tag: USA
The cult of Captain Fantastic
IT’s a cult. No, a modern Swiss Family Robinson. Nah, this dad – even if it’s Viggo “Aragon” Mortensen — is just nuts! But Captain Fantastic is both exciting – you should see the sporting… Read More
Effect of Selangor’s water tariffs
Here’s a post from the annual Project Censored list of the most underreported news stories. One is on “Popular resistance to corporate water grabbing”. For decades, private companies have been trying to take over and control water… Read More