Trigonometry Averts Loss of Airplane By: Michael Lodato On a dark and stormy night in late December 1955 I was on duty at a USAF radar base in north-eastern Italy near the town of Campoformido. Just north of us were the Dolomite Mountains, also known as the Italian Alps, but it was fairly level around our base at an elevation of 300 ft. The cloud cover (ceiling) was at best 1500 feet … [Read more...]
Think Piece on Climate Change
By: Michael W. Lodato Ph.D. I’m an 88 year old man who has spent a lifetime solving problems – whether they be in theoretical mathematics, operations research, business management, or whatever Think pieces are defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as articles “containing discussion, analysis, or opinion, as opposed to facts or news.” Michael’s Think Pieces are a little more than that. … [Read more...]