The 5 Must-Read Books for the Self-Taught Data Scientist

Take your pick of articles related to learning about strategies used by the uber-wealthy and you’ll find a common theme: spending at least five hours per week on deliberate self-learning. Try these on for size: “Be like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett: If you’re not...

Is There Room for Excel in Data Science?

This question has been plaguing me ever since a recent series of events transpired. The first was when, while attending a data science webinar, one of the presenters commented, “If you can solve it in Excel, then it is not a data science problem.” Not long after, I...
Making Waves: Using Water as a Solvent in Organic Chemistry

Making Waves: Using Water as a Solvent in Organic Chemistry

One of the challenges with synthetic organic chemistry is the use of the many types of materials needed to make a chemical reaction work. These include starting materials, substrates (the substance being modified), and solvents (the substance in which material is...