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Why is American and French notation different for open intervals (x, y) vs. ]x, y[?

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What are some scientific breakthroughs that have been done during jail time?

asked Nov 8, 2014 at 17:57

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The Abacus vs. the Electric Calculator (Nov 12, 1946): Why did the latter lose?

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Why did Norbert Wiener break off relations with Walter Pitts?

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How did ancient Egyptians become aware of the analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties of cold?

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When did anonymous peer review appear and what were the motivations behind it?

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Why were so many artificial intelligence founders so optimistic?

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What are the earliest accounts of publication bias?

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Have reviewers never been paid?

asked Oct 28, 2014 at 22:33

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Did Walter Pitts refuse to allow his name to be made publicly available?

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Why are the classic statistical approaches to NLP mostly generative models while the most recent ones are mostly discriminative?

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What's the etymology of an engineering/software bug?

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Was the take off of neural computing research in the 80's due to Japan?

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Why did 92% of cases of simultaneous discovery in the 17th century end in dispute?

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Why did Max Planck forbid women from attending his lectures?

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How did journal subscriptions evolve over time, and what factors account for it?

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What are the most famous examples of theory rebranding?

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Evolution of performances in natural language processing tasks

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How did research reproducibility in medicine evolve over time?

asked Nov 14, 2014 at 2:44

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Did Bertrand Russell leave the Second International Congress of Mathematicians to read Giuseppe Peano's Formulario?

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Is it true that Hideyo Noguchi had neurosyphilis when carrying out his last experiments in Africa?

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Why didn't Theodore Moustakas get the Nobel prize?

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Why did the APA require a NDA from DSM-5 task force members?

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23 Questions

Why is American and French notation different for open intervals (x, y) vs. ]x, y[?

What are some scientific breakthroughs that have been done during jail time?

The Abacus vs. the Electric Calculator (Nov 12, 1946): Why did the latter lose?

Why did Norbert Wiener break off relations with Walter Pitts?

How did ancient Egyptians become aware of the analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties of cold?

When did anonymous peer review appear and what were the motivations behind it?

Why were so many artificial intelligence founders so optimistic?

What are the earliest accounts of publication bias?

Have reviewers never been paid?

Did Walter Pitts refuse to allow his name to be made publicly available?

Why are the classic statistical approaches to NLP mostly generative models while the most recent ones are mostly discriminative?

What's the etymology of an engineering/software bug?

Was the take off of neural computing research in the 80's due to Japan?

Why did 92% of cases of simultaneous discovery in the 17th century end in dispute?

Why did Max Planck forbid women from attending his lectures?

How did journal subscriptions evolve over time, and what factors account for it?

What are the most famous examples of theory rebranding?

Evolution of performances in natural language processing tasks

How did research reproducibility in medicine evolve over time?

Did Bertrand Russell leave the Second International Congress of Mathematicians to read Giuseppe Peano's Formulario?

Is it true that Hideyo Noguchi had neurosyphilis when carrying out his last experiments in Africa?

Why didn't Theodore Moustakas get the Nobel prize?

Why did the APA require a NDA from DSM-5 task force members?