Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol
Applied geometry
As Aatish Bhatia notes (via Wired): “A sheet of paper placed across two books can’t even support the weight of a pencil. But if you corrugate the sheet by folding it a few times, it supports a can of beans!” … Continue reading
Trump the Vote?
Given the enormous increase in voter turnout during this year’s midterm elections, doesn’t President Trump deserve a lot of credit for this swell at the polls? (See chart below for average voter turnout rates in previous U.S. elections this century.) … Continue reading
November readings (updated)
In addition to our regular stream of scholarly readings (blog posts, book reviews, essays, law review articles, etc.), below are some of the books we are reading this month (updated 11/13): Tyler Cowen, Stubborn Attachments (Stripe). This will be a … Continue reading

