Arnoud Waller
My mother, Wendela, who was a daughter of Arnoud, lived from 1912 to 1994, my grandfather from 1873 to 1953. Nescio (no relation) from 1882… Read More »Arnoud Waller
Nescio, his walks and Bert Verhoeff
Nescio’s Natuurdagboek (Nature Diary) is for himself. A log. With times and places of trips to where those who have legs and eyes can harvest… Read More »Nescio, his walks and Bert Verhoeff
Nescio Revisited
Nienke gave me Nescio’s biography. It is incredibly well written, so I reread his first stories. Reluctantly at first because I had read them when… Read More »Nescio Revisited
Freedom Day and a Tentative Prediction
Today is Monday, July 19, 2021, Freedom Day in the UK. The COVID measures are gone. This led to massive physical fraternization in the streets,… Read More »Freedom Day and a Tentative Prediction
Differences and Climate: the USA
Again: an ABCM pattern I’ve been maniacally busy with an impossible assignment for the last few weeks. An hour-long lecture to young scientists dedicated to… Read More »Differences and Climate: the USA
Differences and Climate: China
I’ve been maniacally busy with an impossible assignment the last few weeks. An hour-long lecture to young scientists dedicated to machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence… Read More »Differences and Climate: China
ABCM Simulation
When science distinguishes itself by being able to know and manipulate processes at the micro- and the nano scales, and also at the macro- and… Read More »ABCM Simulation
Goodbye to Social Science?
I neglected this blog for a while because I was asked to give a one-hour lecture to a conference of young computer scientists interested in… Read More »Goodbye to Social Science?
Mao’s Groove
If I can use Beatrice de Graaf’s redemption motto when building toy radicals, I can also use it to recreate Mao’s communists in 1942 China.… Read More »Mao’s Groove
Mao and Beatrice
Let’s see what Mao himself had to say about it. On the role of the arts as part of a special (or not special?) division… Read More »Mao and Beatrice