Recoverable single stage spacecraft booster Patent

Recoverable, reusable single stage booster capable of injecting large payloads into circular earth orbi

New thinking

The traditional practice of medicine provides an excellent model of our thinking behavior. A child is brought into the clinic by his mother. The child has a rash. The doctor thinks of a range of possibilities from food allergy to measles. The doctor then makes a judgement or diagnosis based on signs, symptoms, history, tests (to exclude other possibilities), environmental factors, etc. If the doctor judges the condition to be measles then the probable course of the illness is known, as are the possible complications and the traditional treatment. This is an excellent and effective system.peer-reviewe

How does diabetes cause coronary artery disease?

From the cardiologist’s viewpoint, diabetes increases the rate of development of coronary atheroma, increases the risk of a coronary thrombosis, and has a deleterious effect on the outcome of myocardial infarction. In this article the author describes the risk factors associated with diabetes and concentrate on ways which diabetes may accelerate atheroma.peer-reviewe

The direct teaching of thinking as a skill

The teaching of thinking as a skill is not tomorrow's dream but today's reality, claims one of the world's foremost experts on the topic. He describes his methods for teaching "the generalizable skill of thinking" - methods that have been used from the jungles of South America to the boardrooms of major corporations.peer-reviewe