Miscellaneous Writings

  1. “…And the Pursuit of Happiness” Short story written at age 22, published in 1999.
  2. “Variables Affecting Supply and Demand of Scientists and Engineers — The User’s Viewpoint,” Research Management 10, 195-209, May (1967).
  3. “Innovation and Profitability — Case History: Texas Instruments,” Proceedings of the second annual National Conference on Industrial Research, 149-154, 9 January (1967).
  4. “Are the Data Worth Owning,” Editorial, Science l76, 1377, 30 June (1972).
  5. “Federal Laboratories and National Policy,” Commentary, Technology Review 74, 10-11 July/August 1972).
  6. “Radiation in Aircraft,” Overview, Environment 15, 2-3 July/August (1973).
  7. “The Problem of Growth: Growth and Quality — Technology’s Dilemma,” Research Management 16, 7-8 November (1973). Errata: 17, 6 January (1974).
  8. “Solar Energy and World Problems,” Chemistry in Canada 26, 29-31 November (1974)-
  9. “Interaction Between Industry and Scientific Research: Viewpoints of Industrial Management,” in Science, Government, and Industry for Development – The Texas Forum, E. Ingerson and W.G. Bragg, editors, The Institute of Latin American Studies of the University of Texas at Austin, 1975.
  10. “Industrial impressions of Graduate Education in Physics,” (with A.M. Clogston, and J.R. Stevenson), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 22, 1233-1235, November (1977).
  11. 1978 Workshop on University-Industry Interactions
  12. “What’s Wrong with These Publications?” Or, Some Pathologies of Scientific Authorship, Physics Today 46, 51-52, August (1993).
  13. “Review and Reveal the Reviewers,” letter to the editor, Physics Today 49, 86-67, January (1996). The linked file is a longer version than the published one.
  14. “The Orazem Controversy,” unpublished.
  15. “Science, Religion, and Science Fiction,” unpublished.

  16. Some thoughts for graduation:  “Williams, Work, and Life.” Requested for publication in the graduation issue of the Williams newspaper, 2002.

  17. Some poems of Ross Macdonald, most are unpublished.
  18. “Energy, the environment, and future shock“, March (2006).
  19. Global Warming and Energy, December (2007).
  20. “Classical music alternatives: internet possibilities 10/2009.”
  21. *JNCS: A Cautionary Tale 3/2010