The Journal of Irreproducible Results

http://www.jir.com/links.html

Norman Borlaug

http://www.normanborlaug.org/

"For over a half century, the scientific and humanitarian achievements of Dr. Norman Borlaug (Nobel Peace Prize winner, Congressional Gold Medal Winner, and recipient of over 50 honorary Doctorate Degrees) has kept starvation at bay for millions of people in third world countries. Dr. Borlaug, "Father of the Green Revolution" continues his battle against starvation in Africa."

G. Hardin Society:

http://www.garretthardinsociety.org/index.html

"The Garrett Hardin Society is dedicated to the preservation of the writings and ideas of Garrett James Hardin. A common thread throughout his work is an interest in bioethics. Trained as an ecologist and microbiologist and a Professor of Human Ecology at the University of California for more than thirty years, he is best known for his 1968 essay, The Tragedy of the Commons. "

P. L. Bernstein: Against The Gods: The Remarkable Story Of Risk

http://www.businessweek.com/1996/43/b349881.htm

"Against the Gods sets up an ambitious premise and then delivers on it. This is a lively, panoramic book that includes tales of everyone from Omar Khayyam to Florence Nightingale to Daniel Ellsberg. Khayyam, the poet, was also a mathematician. Nightingale, the nurse, once offered to fund a chair in applied statistics at Oxford University. And Ellsberg, the Defense Dept. analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers, specialized in the behavioral psychology of risk-taking."

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CHAPTER 4

http://www.businessweek.com/chapter/chap4.htm

PBS: The Proof

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/proof/

For over 350 years, some of the greatest minds of science struggled to prove what was known as Fermat's Last Theorem -- the idea that a certain simple equation had no solutions. Now hear from the man who spent seven years of his life cracking the problem, read the intriguing story of an 18th century woman mathematician who hid her identity in order to work on Fermat's Last Theorem, and demonstrate that a related equation, the Pythagorean Theorem, is true.

PBS: Trillion Dollar Bet

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/stockmarket/formula.html

MERTON MILLER: When I saw the formula I knew enough about it to know that this is the answer. This solved the ancient problem of risk and return in the stock market. It was recognized by the profession for what it was as a real tour de force.

J. Shewchuk: Giving an Academic Talk

http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~jrs/speaking.html