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The first Hippocratic Wordle?

In the process of preparing a talk on ways to use technology to study the relationship between health and place, I came across On Airs, Waters, and Places by Hippocrates. This 400 BC essay, besides being a reminder that most of today’s ‘new’ ideas have been around for a while, puts the study [...]

Duke talk on mapping and health

I am giving a talk at Duke next week on mapping and health as part of the Information Science Information Studies Tech and New Media series. Tuesday 10/27 at noon in the John Hope Franklin Center. I’ll post the slides here later in the week.