Statistics / School of Mathematics and Statstics - Newcastle University / Date of entry: 13/10/06

Global growth figures are deceptive if you do not understand cumulative mathematics so please listen carefully if you do not already know what I mean by this statement. I have not seen this aspect of growth covered adequately and believe it is part of a c...

Andrew Fire, one of two US scientists awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize for Medicine, has been an early achiever all his life, entering the prestigious MIT at 19 and earning his PhD in biology at 23.