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My name is Mason Porter. I am a Professor in Nordita (Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics) and am Professor in Complex Systems in the Department of Mathematics at Stockholm University. Previously, I was a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA. Before that, I was Professor of Nonlinear and Complex Systems in the Mathematical Institute at University of Oxford. I was also a Tutorial Fellow of Somerville College. I am still a Senior Research Fellow of Somerville College.

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Saturday, September 21, 2019

What Happens When You Finish a PhD in Complex Systems

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No cynicism or snark at all. :P When you finish a PhD in complex systems, they take you to a special room and tell you that people are not ...

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Learn Anatomy from Dissected Knit Creatures

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Here's another really cool thing: knitted versions of dissected creatures . Now that is sweet ! (Tip of the cap to Leslie Porter.) ...

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

See! I Told You That People Are Particles!

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Even Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal agrees that people are particles! See! I told you so! :P (Well, actually, they aren't --- th...

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Distribution Plushies

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Those of you who are not satisfied with plush microbes or plush fundamental particles might be interested in buying statistical distributi...

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

"Taxonomies of Networks from Community Structure"

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Well, this paper has certainly taken a while to finally appear in final form. The project started in December 2007 as Stephen Reid's s...

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Subatomic particle plush toys

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This is just so wrong... and yet it's both awesome and "awesome"... Namely, this site is selling stuffed toys of subatomic pa...

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Mason: I am a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA. Previously, I was Professor of Nonlinear and Complex Systems in the Mathematical Institute at University of Oxford. I was also a Tutorial Fellow in Somerville College. I am also a die-hard fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers. See my website for more information about me. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter (@masonporter), though I'm much easier to stalk by other means. If you want power law or Zachary Karate Club swag, take a look at my Power Law Shop. I am also involved with the Legends of Caltech movie and co-edited Legends of Caltech III.

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