The Political Physicist

 The ramblings of a left-wing research software engineer…


Articles in category “Science”

The Mathematics of Protest

I read a very interesting article in New Scientist magazine the other day which gave a mathematical and statistical examination of protest, in particular the recent protests in Brazil. It discussed how this sort of unrest spreads in much the same way as diseases and forest fires.

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C. MacMackin
I am a research software engineer, writing code for scientists working on fusion energy. I am also an active member of the Prospect trade union.