A Conversation with Walter Munk

Competition and the pursuit of quality: a conversation with Walter McClure. Interview by John K. Iglehart.

Philosophy, Art and Critique: A (short) conversation with the “other”

The article sketches a nexus between philosophy, art (poetry) and critique with a particular emphasis on the contribution of classical Muslim philosophers. At the same time, it demonstrates how luminaries such as Omar Khayyam and Ibn Sina, contributed to the renewal of philosophy as a freedom seeking exercise and as a means to pursue happiness through knowledge. In the second&nbs...

Periodontal Manifestations in a Patient with Haim-Munk Syndrome

Haim-Munk syndrome is an extremely rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized clinically by palmoplantar hyperkeratosis, aggressive periodontitis with severe alveolar bone destruction, onychogryphosis, pes planus, arachnodactyly, and acro-osteolysis. Consanguinity seems a notable prerequisite. The aim of this study was therefore to report one case of this syndrome and to focus on the perio...

Sketch : W Grey Walter 1 Walter

Nobel-winning Sir Winston Churchill in his history of the Second World War wrote a chapter on the "wizards" who had helped Britain win the war in the air by the development and use of radar. William Grey Walter (1910-1977) was one of those young wizards. He used his experience to design and construct a life-like robot with a nonlinear dynamic brain, which offered an existence proof that brains ...

Walter A. Jacobs, 1923