"Some 70 years ago, John Cade, an Australian psychiatrist, discovered a medication for bipolar disorder that helped many patients to regain stability swiftly. Lithium is now the standard treatment for the condition, and one of the most consistently effective medicines in psychiatry. But its rise was riddled with obstacles. The intertwined story of Cade and … Continue reading Lithium: The Gripping History of a Psychiatric Success Story
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Weitzman’s The Noah’s Ark Problem
"The "Noah's Ark Problem" is intended to be an allegory or parable that renders a vivid image of the core problem of maximizing diversity under a budget constraint. What is treated here is actually not the most general form of the underlying mathematical problem. Some slight generalizations are possible, but they would come at the … Continue reading Weitzman’s The Noah’s Ark Problem
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