observation

紅樓夢 or The Dream of the Red Chamber is one of China’s four classics. It is said to be a masterpiece that clarifies much of… Read More »Translations

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

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

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

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

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

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

What I don’t want to see is how things are getting out of hand in India now. But they do happen. I will give three… Read More »What I do not wish to see (India etc.)

Today the way back has been taken. The curfew ends, terraces open again. The general feeling is that the Dutch government no longer feels itself… Read More »Back to the Future?