Monthly Archives: February 2010

A DATA BASE FOR CANCER.

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Philip

A DATA BASE FOR CANCER RESEARCH. I have argued, for example here, that there should be a lot more data collection and statistical analysis on the thousands of cancer cases that are treated each year and took particular note that … Continue reading →

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MY MOTHER’S BROKEN HEART.

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Philip

MY MOTHER’S BROKEN HEART. Kids, I took special note of the article about broken-heart syndrome because of something that happened to my mother. My father died in 1981 after a long illness—congestive heart failure—in which he was taken care of … Continue reading →

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HEARTS PHYSICALLY BROKEN BY LOVE.

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Philip

HEARTS PHYSICALLY BROKEN BY LOVE. This article by Ron Winslow in the Wall Street Journal tells of the discovery in the early 1990′s of “broken-heart syndrome.” The syndrome gets its name because it seems especially to affect patients who have … Continue reading →

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VALENTINE’S DAY THOUGHT.

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Philip

VALENTINE’S DAY THOUGHT. Anthony Doerr, in FOUR SEASONS IN ROME, writes: “A line from Marilynne Robinson’s GILEAD comes back to me. ‘There are a thousand thousand reasons to live this life, every one of them sufficient.’”

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MARRIED LOVE AND WESTERN LITERATURE.

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Philip

MARRIED LOVE AND WESTERN LITERATURE. De Rougemont’s LOVE IN THE WESTERN WORLD is a book of literary criticism. (Google Books prints a number of pages from the first part of the book which I found here.) De Rougemont has a … Continue reading →

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UPDIKE AND LOVE IN THE WESTERN WORLD.

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Philip

UPDIKE AND LOVE IN THE WESTERN WORLD. De Rougemont takes what he calls the “one great European myth of adultery—the Romance of TRISTAN AND ISEULT” as his starting point. Tristan and Iseult sleep beside each other with a sword between … Continue reading →

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LOVE IN THE WESTERN WORLD.

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Philip

LOVE IN THE WESTERN WORLD. While I was posting on John Keats and Fanny Brawne, I was surprised to see that the Search feature for this blog showed that I had not yet posted on LOVE IN THE WESTERN WORLD … Continue reading →

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MOUNT TESTACCIO.

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Philip

MOUNT TESTACCIO. Mary Jane gave me Anthony Doerr’s FOUR SEASONS IN ROME for Christmas. She says she chose the book because it’s a memoir about a year in Rome and also about being the parents of twin boys who have … Continue reading →

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A WIKI APPROACH FOR SCIENTIFIC COMPUTER CODE?

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Philip

A WIKI APPROACH FOR SCIENTIFIC COMPUTER CODE? This article in the Guardian calls for publication of the computer code for scientific articles. It is surprising to me (actually, I am appalled) that this is not already done as a matter … Continue reading →

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A STATISTICAL MYSTERY FOR ECONOMISTS.

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Philip

A STATISTICAL MYSTERY FOR ECONOMISTS. Here is a mystery for economists to solve: According to United States Census Bureau data, the marriage rate for women at age 64 is 58%. The marriage rate for women at 65 is 50%. What … Continue reading →

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