by David Brooks | Feb 8, 2017 | Newsletter
It may be an urban legend that sewer systems get overwhelmed during Super Bowl commercial breaks when everybody rushes to the bathroom, but you can definitely see football mania on New England’s power grid. “The Super Bowl load curve shows an uptick in demand that...
by David Brooks | Feb 8, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
The father-son team of mathematician/artists Erik Demaine (famous for his mathematical origami) and Martin Demaine will give a talk and hands-on presentation at the Museum of the White Mountains at Plymouth State University from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 16, in...
by David Brooks | Feb 8, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
The New Hampshire House of Representatives has supported a bill that says New Hampshire will shift to the Atlantic Time Zone, dumping daylight savings, if Massachusetts does it first. Here is the Union-Leader story. I reported on this bill a couple of weeks ago and...
by David Brooks | Feb 8, 2017 | Blog
Great story in the Monitor today from Nick Reid, who takes a pretty routine zoning case about solar panels next to a church and reflects the whole debate over neighborhood character, renewable energy and how we make choices. Just go ahead and read it...
by David Brooks | Feb 2, 2017 | Newsletter
Abstract mathematics is as removed from grubby politics as you can get, but a fascinating summer course organized by a research mathematician at Tufts University is trying to bridge the gap. The five-day course set for August is titled “Geometry of...
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