Publications

Books

1. Too Rich to Die, by Ransom Stephens (StrangeFuse, 2019) 2. The 99% Solution, by Ransom Stephens (StrangeFuse, 2018) 3. The Left Brain Speaks but the Right Brain Laughs: a look at the neuroscience of innovation & creativity in art, science, & life, by Ransom Stephens (Viva Editions, Jersey City, 2016) 4. The Sensory Deception, by Ransom Stephens (47North, Seattle, 2013) 5. Your Pursuit of Greatness - a workbook, by Ransom Stephens, Ransoms’ Notes, Petaluma, 2011 6. The God Patent, By Ransom Stephens (Vox Novus, Numina Press, San Rafael, 2009 and re-released by 47North, Seattle, 2013 High-Tech - Signal Integrity, high speed standards, . . . 7. Where PAM4 fits: The Rick Eads interview, EDN’s Eye on the Standards, 19-October-2018 8. Is PAM4 really necessary? EDN’s Eye on the Standards, 28- September-2018 9. The merger of networking, storage, RAM, and cache, EDN’s Eye on the Standards, 29-May-2018 10. How to relate eye-mask tests to BER, EDN’s Eye on the Standards, 14- March-2018 11. Analyze post-equalization ISI with pulse response, EDN’s Eye on the Standards, 7-March-2018 12. Time to fill out your DesignCon dance card, EDN’s Eye on the Standards, 3-January-2018 13. The twisted Future of optical signal modulation, EDN’s Measure of Things, 20-November-2017 14. The biggest change in PAM4: How do the eyes line up? EDN’s Eye on the Standards, 17-October-2017 15. Top 10 Questions Going into DesignCon 2017: What’s hot in signal integrity right here, right now, plus shwag and Chiphead’s favorite song, DesignNews, 16-January-2017 16. Commercial content in DesignCon papers, EDN’s Eye on Standards, 23-November-2016 17. Transmitter FFE makes the channel do the work, EDN’s Eye on Standards, 30-June-2016 18. Don’t confuse PAM4 SER and BER, EDN’s Eye on Standards, 27-May- 2016 19. PAM4: Symbol levels and voltage compression measurements, EDN’s Eye on Standards, 26-April-2016 20. Can we avoid COMmitting the same mistakes we made with jitter?, EDN’s Eye on Standards, 18-March-2016 21. Analyzing closed eyes: CRJ and CDJ, EDN’s Eye on Standards, 12- January-2016 22. The tradeoff between crosstalk and loss, EDN’s Eye on Standards, 5- January-2016 23. It’s Not Jitter, It’s Noise, EDN’s Eye on Standards, 28-December-2015 24. Your DesignCon 2016 dance card isn’t Complete Without…, EDN’s Eye on Standards, 21-Dec-2015 25. DesignCon2016: Prepare for the PAM4 Phase Shift, EDN’s Eye on Standards, 4-Dec-2015 26. Optimize equalization for FFE, CTLE, DFE, and crosstalk, EDN’s Eye on Standards, 21-Oct-2015 27. The high tech diversity problem’s bottom line, EDN’s Measure of Things, 25-Sep-2015 28. How do I know if my simulation correlates to reality? EDN’s Eye on Standards, 7-Sep-2015 29. Measure career advancement by blowing your mind, EDN’s Measure of Things, 29-July-2015 30. PCIe Update: Power, IoT, storage, OCuLink, simulation, and equalization, EDN’s Eye on Standards, 1- July-2015 31. Silicon photonics: Will the hare finally catch the tortoise? EDN’s Eye on Standards, 22-June-2015 32. Why FEC plays nice with DFE, EDN’s Eye on Standards, 7-May-2015 33. Trading signal complexity for bandwidth, EDN’s Eye on Standards, 8- April-2015 34. Ten events for your DesignCon2015 dance card, EDN’s Eye on Standards, 24-Jan-2015 35. PAM4 takes the spotlight at DesignCon 2015, EDN’s Eye on Standards, 29-Dec-2014 36. 100G and things to COM, EDN’s Eye on Standards, 20-Nov-2014 37. 10 tips on being a consultant, EDN’s Eye on Standards, 27-Aug-2014 38. The EE consultant who despises engineering fraud, EDN’s Eye on Standards, 20-Aug-2014 39. Four 400G quandaries to look forward to, 4-Aug-2014 40. Are standards technological socialism? 30-Apr-2014 41. When will PAM4 take over from NRZ?, 21-Apr-2014 42. See the crosstalk in 100 GbE, All Aboard Article, 18-Apr-2014 43. Top 5 things I learned at DesignCon2014, DesignCon blog, 30-Jan- 2014 44. Why total jitter cannot be measured on a scope, 15-Jan-2014 45. Phase noise analyzers take over from scopes, How-to Article written with Michael Dunn, 10-Jan-2014 46. Battle on the chip!, DesignCon blog, 20-Dec-2013 47. Tech paper writing tips: A dark and stormy night, Around the Circuit article, 6-Nov-2013 48. Will BIST kill T&M?, DesignCon Community, 19-July-2013 49. M-PCI-e - Goin mobile! Electronic Design News’ Eye on Standards, 15- July-2013 50. How to Write a DesignCon Abstract, DesignCon Community, 18-June- 2013 51. Is DesignCon Ready for Photonics? DesignCon Community, 6-May- 2013 52. Time domain? Frequency domain? … frequency of the phase domain! Scope-Junction, 26-Apr-2013 53. Five scope specs Dr. J must have, Scope-Junction, 8-Apr-2013 54. Is the Frequency Domain for Real? DesignCon Community, 2-Apr- 2013 55. AMI comes alive! Scope-Junction, 25-Mar-2013 56. The Mystery of Long Test Patterns, Part 2, DesignCon Community, 8- Mar-2013 57. The Mystery of Long Test Patterns, Part 1, DesignCon Community, 4- Mar-2013 58. You can see the crosstalk in 100GbE, Scope-Junction, 28-Feb-2013 59. Tail-fitting is back--worry! Scope-Junction, 13-Feb-2013 60. Top 10 Things at DesignCon 2013, DesignCon Community, 11-Feb- 201 61. Dual-Dirac doesn’t approximate total jitter, Scope-Junction, 29-Jan- 2013 62. The case of the closing Eye, DesignCon Community, 24-Jan-2013 63. Getting lucky at trade shows, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 22-Jan-2013 64. How the trouble with RJ led to TJ, Scope-Junction 17-Jan-2013 65. Test pattern redemption! Test & Measurement World’s Eye on Standards, 15-Jan-2013 66. Techno-fesitvus for the engineering-rest-of-us, DesignCon Community, 14-Jan-2013 67. Jitterfest, Scope-Junction, 7-Jan-2013 68. If it Works in Theory, It Will Work in Practice (cont’d), Scope-Junction, 24-Dec-2012 69. If it Works in Theory, It Will Work in Practice, Scope-Junction, 17-Dec- 2012 70. Working Toward Single Wavelength Petabits, Scope-Junction, 19-Nov- 2012 71. Design is innovation, DesignCon Community, 19-Nov-2012 72. Vote no on PRBS31 (and the problem with journalism...), Test & Measurement World’s Eye on Standards, 6-Nov-2012 73. Solving the Crosstalk Dilemma: CAJ me if you CAN, Scope-Junction, 29-Oct-2012 74. What makes DesignCon special, DesignCon Community, 22-Oct-2012 75. My First Time was Cosmic, Scope-Junction, 11-Oct-2012 76. Analyzing Crosstalk on a BERT, Scope-Junction, 27-Sep-2012 77. PRBS31: slower, costlier, worse, Test & Measurement World’s Eye on Standards, 26-Sep-2012 78. The One-Box Solution, BERT Edition, Scope-Junction, Scope-Junction, 6-Sep-2012 79. The very short reach of 25 Gb/s, Test & Measurement World’s Eye on Standards, 31-Aug-2012 80. Oscilloscopes Have Become a One-Box Solution, VNA Edition, Scope- Junction, 20-Aug-2012 81. Samtec out-geeks PCIe’s OCuLink, Test & Measurement World’s Eye on Standards, 15-Aug-2012 82. Oscilloscopes: a one-box solution?, Scope-Junction, 6-Aug-201 83. PCI Express update: the next, next, next generation, Test & Measurement World’s Eye on Standards, 25-July-201 84. Scope TLAs & Metaphorical Phosphor, Scope-Junction, 20-July-2012 85. How dancing clocks saved the world, Scope-Junction, 5-July-2012 86. DLL-based clock recovery cranks up net bandwidths, Test & Measurement World’s Eye on Standards, 2-July-2012 87. Get your BUJ off my RJ! Scope-Junction, 21-June-2012 88. Measuring ISI at high data rates is impossible, Scope-Junction, 18- June-2012 89. Measuring RJ on oscilloscopes, Scope-Junction, 8-June-2012 90. Test patterns are supposed to stress you out, Test & Measurement World’s Eye on Standards, 31-May-2012 91. Does OIF have to do everything?, Test & Measurement World’s Eye on Standards, 22-May-2012 92. Can oscilloscopes really measure BER? Scope-Junction, 21-May-2012 93. How open is your eye? Scope-Junction, 7-May-2012 94. Peace at the plugfest, Test & Measurement World’s Eye on Standards, 24-Apr-2012 95. How to tell if crosstalk will cause errors, Scope-Junction, 19-Apr-2012 96. Analyzing crosstalk on a real-time oscilloscope - exercising your genius, Scope-Junction, 5-Apr-2012 97. Receiver Tolerance Testing – with crosstalk!, Scope-Junction, 2-Apr- 2012 98. Real or equivalent: What time do you need?, Scope-Junction, 15-Mar- 2012 99. Deterministic Jitter for High Speed Serial Receiver Tolerance Testing, Test & Measurement World’s Eye on Standards, 8-Mar-2012 100. Do my measurements have meaning?, Scope-Junction, 5-Mar-2012 101. Are You an A-Engineer or a Z-Engineer?, Scope-Junction, 20-Feb- 2012 102. Top ten reasons to love (and hate) 100 Gigabit Ethernet, Test & Measurement World’s Eye on Standards, 16-Feb-2012 103. Is a crosstalk bubble forming? Scope-Junction, 13-Feb-2012 104. Serial standards keep test engineers on edge, Test & Measurement World’s Eye on Standards, 9-Feb-2012 105. Equalization succombs to crosstalk at DesignCon 2012, Scope Junction, 26-Jan-2012 106. It’s not jitter, it’s noise, Scope Junction, 26-Jan-2012 107. Serial standards keep test engineers on edge, Test & Measurement World’s Eye on Standards, 9-Feb-2012 White Papers, Application Notes, Technical Briefs, etc. 108. PAM4 Signaling in High Speed Serial Technology: Test, Analysis, and Debug, an Application Note for Tektronix, 2018 109. Analyzing 26 to 53 GBd PAM4 Optical and Electrical Signals, an Application Note for Tektronix, 2018 110. Measuring Channel Operating Margin, a White Paper for Anritsu, 2017 111. Advanced Serdes Debug with a BERT: Virtual Probing with Precision Stress and Error Location Analysis, Application Note for Tektronix, 2017 112. PAM4 Demands Accurate S-parameters, a White Paper for Anritsu, 2016 113. Understanding the Transition to Gen4 Enterprise & Datacenter I/O Standards, White Paper for Tektronix, 2017 114. PAM4 Signaling in High Speed Serial Technology: Test, Analysis, and Debug, an Application Note for Tektronix, 2016 115. Overcoming Receiver Test Challenges in Gen4 I/O Applications, Application Note for Tektronix, 2017 116. PAM4 Signaling in High Speed Serial Technology: Test, Analysis, and Debug, published and distributed by Tektronix Corp., 2015 117. Physical Layer Test of 100 Gb/s Communications Systems, published and distributed by Tektronix Corp., 2012 and revised version 2015 118. Jitter analysis on Oscilloscopes and BERTs, White paper published and distributed by Anritsu Corp., 2014 119. Crosstalk problems are back, feature article for Test & Measurement World, July, 2012 120. Crossing the Digital-Analog Divide, a white paper for Agilent Technologies, 2012 121. Critical 100 Gigabit Ethernet Testing: Equalization, DP-QPSK, and Crosstalk Compliance, distributed by Picosecond Pulse Labs, 2012 122. Introduction to Precision Analysis of High Speed Serial Systems and Components, distributed by Picosecond Pulse Labs, 2011 123. (DesignCon Award for Best Paper Signal Integrity Track) A New Technique for Stressed Receiver Tolerance Testing Using Crest Factor Emulation, with co-author John Calvin, DesignCon 2010 124. Signal Integrity at Extreme Data Rates, distributed by Anritsu Corp, 2010 125. Analysis of Random Noise and the Effect of Band-Limited Noise on Stressed-Eye Receiver Tolerance Tests, with co-author Marcus Mueller, DesignCon 2009 126. Answering Next Gen Serial Challenges, Part 3: Acting on an Impulse, Equalization and Emphasis, published and distributed by Tektronix Corp, 2008 127. Characterization of Gaussian Noise Sources, with co-author Bob Muro, DesignCon 2008 128. The Future of Multi-Clock Systems, with co-authors Roman Boroditsky and Jorge Gomez, DesignCon 2008 129. Answering Next Gen Serial Challenges, Part 2: The Case of the Closing Eye, published and distributed by Tektronix Corp, 2008 130. Answering Next Gen Serial Challenges, Part 1: How Stressing a Receiver Removes Stress from a Designer, published and distributed by Tektronix Corp, 2007 131. Chapter 2, Pp29-60, of Digital Communications Test and Measurement: High-Speed Physical Layer Characterization, with Marcus Mueller, edited by Dennis Derickson and Marcus Mueller, (Prentice Hall, Boston, 2007) 132. Jitter 360 Knowledge Series, Part 6: Reference Clock Jitter and Data Jitter, published and distributed by Tektronix Corp, 2007 133. Jitter 360 Knowledge Series, Part 5: Clock Recovery in Serial-Data Systems, published and distributed by Tektronix Corp, 2007 134. Jitter 360 Knowledge Series, Part 4: Jitter Analysis in Systems with Crosstalk, published and distributed by Tektronix Corp, 2006 135. Jitter 360 Knowledge Series, Part 3: All About the Acronyms: RJ, DJ, DDJ, ISI, DCD, PJ, SJ, ..., published and distributed by Tektronix Corp, 2006 136. Using Clock Jitter Analysis to Reduce BER in Serial Data Applications, published and distributed by Agilent Technologies, 2006 137. Jitter 360 Knowledge Series, Part 2: What the Dual-Dirac Model Is and What it Is Not, published and distributed by Tektronix Corp, 2006 138. Jitter 360 Knowledge Series, Part 1: The Meaning of Total Jitter, published and distributed by Tektronix Corp, 2006 139. Anticipating, Characterizing, and Avoiding Problems with Crosstalk, Al Neves (co-author), DesignCon 2006 Proceedings, International Engineering Consortium, 2006 140. Opening Closed Eyes: Analysis and Equalization of High Data Rate Signals on Buses and Backplanes, DesignCon2006 Proceedings, International Engineering Consortium, 2006 141. Equalization: The Correction and Analysis of Degraded Signals, a white paper published and distributed by Agilent Technologies, 2005 142. Jitterfest: Why Different Jitter Analyzers Give Different Results and Which is Right, published in the online trade magazine, AnalogZone, 2005 143. Comparison of Different Jitter Analysis Techniques with a Precision Jitter Transmitter, a white paper published and distributed by Agilent Technologies, 2005 144. Measurement of Total Jitter at Low Probability Levels Using the Optimized BERT Scan Method, with Marcus Mueller and Russ McHugh, DesignCon2005 Proceedings, International Engineering Consortium, 2005 145. Precision Jitter Transmitter, with Jim Stimple, DesignCon2005 Proceedings, International Engineering Consortium, 2005 146. Jitter Analysis: The dual-Dirac model, RJ/DJ, and Q-scale, a white paper published and distributed by Agilent Technologies, 2004 147. The Rules of Jitter Analysis, published in AnalogZone, 2004 148. Analyzing Jitter at High Data Rates, published in IEEE Optical Communications, February 2004 Popular Science 149. Bet your job, bet your values, EDN’s Measure of Things, 12- December-2018 7 150. The first jobs of great contemporary engineers, EDN’s Measure of Things, 25-May-2018 8 151. The end of privacy demands transparency, EDN’s Measure of Things, 18-May-2018 152. Who cares that we no longer have privacy? EDN’s Measure of Things, 26-September-2017 153. Self-driving cars will save money and lives as they destroy jobs, EDN’s Measure of Things, 22-August- 2017 154. Is one person’s reality like anyone else’s reality? Inner Self: personal Development, 10-December-2016 155. 5 keys to unlocking your innate creativity, SmartBrief, 4-November- 2016 156. The Speed of Thought, EDN’s Measure of Things, 13-October-2016 157. Improve your answer resolution and unleash innovation, EDN’s Measure of Things, 8-August-2016 158. Happy anniversary, EDN: you’re old, EDN’s Measure of Things, 11- July-2016 159. Reduce your prejudice to innovation, EDN’s Measure of Things, 2- May-2016 160. You can't think out of a box built of TLAs, EDN’s Measure of Things, 1-April-2016 161. A bluffer’s guide to evaluating scientific results, Part 3: Why Some Results are Irreproducible, EDN’s Measure of Things, 16-March-2016 162. A bluffer’s guide to evaluating scientific results, Part 2: Rules of thumb, EDN’s Measure of Things, 18-February-2016 163. A bluffer’s guide to evaluating scientific results, Part 1: Systematic Bias, EDN’s Measure of Things, 12-February-2016 164. Do Grandmas make the best engineers, EDN’s Measure of Things, 10-February-2016 165. Top ten cynical tech realizations of 2015, EDN’s Measure of Things, 31-December-2015 166. Mismeasure of economics, EDN’s Measure of Things, 23-Nov-2015 167. Measuring dark matter: The ultimate signal-to-noise problem, EDN’s Measure of Things, 8-June-2015 168. Scientific dogmatism: wild red herring or trained attack dog? EDN’s Measure of Things, 2-June-2015 169. The data that threatened to break physics, Nautilus, Issue 024, 7- May-2015 170. Focus: Oil-water droplets form surprising structures, Physics 8, 42, American Physical Society, 6-May-2015 171. Is dark matter about to be discovered? EDN’s Measure of Things, 25-April-2015 172. Measure of neutrinos, nature’s most elusive particles, EDN’s Measure of Things, 27-Feb-2015 173. Moore’s Law extends to cover human progress, EDN’s Measure of Things, 27-Jan-2015 174. The Reality Interface, Vitriol, Volume 1, November, 2014 175. Simulated Education: STEM must change, 24-Oct-2014 176. Does Literature Make You Empathic?, KQED.org Arts, 9-Oct-2014 177. 10 things I saw at IDF2014, 15-Sep-2014 178. Measuring money--the beer standard, 5-Aug-2014 179. Don’t major in CS: 5 reasons why, 27-June-2014 180. The quirks of quarks, 28-Apr-2014Measure of Emergence, 9-Apr- 2014 Sports should adopt real technology, 13-Dec-2013 181. Sports should adopt real technology, EDN’s Measure of Things, 13- Dec-2013 182. Higgs Pt. 9: What makes King Carl XVI Gustaf think it’s the Higgs Boson? EDN’s Measure of Things, 4-Nov-2013 183. 1 Beer, 2 Beer, 10 Beer Tech, DesignCon Community, 24-Sep-2013 184. The measure of free will and red herrings, EDN’s Measure of Things, 10-Sep-2013 185. Designing starships, DesignCon Community, 10-Sep-2013 186. The science and technology of Sensory Deception, EDN’s Measure of Things, 6-Aug-2013 187. Quantum wave functions come alive! May the Bohr model rest in peace, EDN’s Measure of Things 26-July-2013 188. Decoding the brain using fMRI and YouTube, EDN’s Measure of Things, 2-July-2013 189. Global warming/climate change: an easy calculation, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 22-May-2013 190. Measuring the transition to disaster, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 17-May-2013 191. Resolving to map the brain: resolution, resolution, resolution, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 16-Apr-2013 192. Measure of chaos: when uncertainty runs amok, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 9-Apr- 2013 193. Measuring gravitational radiation, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 4-Mar-2013 194. In search of gravity waves, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 19-Feb-2013 195. Getting lucky at trade shows, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 22-Jan-2013 196. Noise in the time dimension: the strange case of flicker, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 17-Jan-2013 197. Measuring and generating creativity, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 18-Dec-2012 198. Measure of holiday calories - the thermodynamic diet, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 20-Nov-2012 199. Resolving problems in the infrared, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 26-Oct-2012 200. Measure of the mind: connectome, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 10-Oct-2012 201. Measure of politics: Polls, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 4-Oct-2012 202. Pt 8: Is the particle observed at CERN really the HIggs Boson?, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 25-Sep-2012 203. Pt 7: What a Higgs Boson looks like, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 21-Sep-2012 204. Pt 6: ATLAS and CMS - catching muons and neutrinos, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 28-Aug-2012 205. Pt 5, ATLAS and CMS - the biggest test devices on earth, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 21-Aug-2012 206. Higgs Boson Discovery: Pt 4, Identifying the stuff in the detectors, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 9-Aug-2012 207. Higgs Boson Discovery: Pt 3, What they actually measure, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 1-Aug-2012 208. Higgs Boson Discovery: Pt 2, What they detect, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 25-July-2012 209. Measure of the Olympics, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 30-July-2012 210. Measuring and generating creativity, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 18-Dec-2012 211. Innovating an innovative design career, DesignCon Community, 7- Dec-2012 212. Can electronic health records save your world?, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 6-Dec-2012 213. Higgs Boson Discovery: Pt 1, Herding cats on the Franco-Swiss border, Test & Measurement World’s Measure of Things, 17-July-2012 214. "Faster than light? Has relativity been violated?" Hubpages.com, 2011 215. "How Einstein discovered relativity," Hubpages.com, 2011 216. "Intuition (Pt 4): Is intuition a paranormal, psychic event?" Hubpages.com, 2011 217. "Intuition (Pt 3): Who wins, your guts or your brains?" Hubpages.com, 2011 218. "Intuition (Pt 2): Where intuition comes from," Hubpages.com, 2011 219. "Intuition (Pt 1): Intuition vs thought," Hubpages.com, 2011 220. "Why is it so annoying when (other) people talk on cell phones," Examiner.com, June 10, 2011 221. "Ten health risks to address before tossing out your cell phone," Examiner.com, June 7, 2011 222. "Earth Day at the dawn of life," Examiner.com, April 22, 2011 223. "The unrecognized genius of Emmy Noether," Examiner.com, March 22, 2011 224. "Cell phone radiation activates your brain, but does it cause cancer?" Examiner.com, March 6, 2011 225. "Humans vs machine on Jeopardy! what's the question?" Examiner.com, February 12, 2011 226. "How much safer is it to fly than drive? Really..." Examiner.com, January 22, 2011 227. "Winter Solstice 2010: light on the year's longest night," Examiner.com, December 20, 2010 228. "What full body scanner radiation means to you," Examiner.com, November 20, 2010 229. "Microsoft's Kinect: Disruptive technology changes the game," Examiner.com, November 10, 2010 230. "Getting lucky," Examiner.com, September 23, 2010 231. "Metaphysics, meta-momentum and meta everything else," Examiner.com, August 27, 2010 232. "The radiation you should worry about and the radiation you can fugetabout," Examiner.com, July 29, 2010 233. "Goat rock beach: magic where the river meets the sea," Examiner.com, July 9, 2010 234. "Cell phone radiation and SAR," Examiner.com, June 27, 2010 235. "The scientific method, steps of faith not leaps," Examiner.com, June 8, 2010 236. "Fermilab contributes another piece to the matter-antimatter puzzle," Examiner.com, June 3, 2010 237. "Science vs religion (pt 2) the creation of science," Examiner.com, May 28, 2010 238. "Science vs religion and the nature of truth," Examiner.com, May 26, 2010 239. "Inarguable facts in the global warming/climate change debate," Examiner.com, May 18, 2010 240. "Celebrate International Nurses Day by thanking the angel nearest you," Examiner.com, May 12, 2010 241. "The true value of oil and the insanity of burning it," Examiner.com, May 5, 2010 242. "Earth Day at the dawn of creation," Examiner.com April 22, 2010 243. "A science-based litmus test for the Supreme Court," Examiner.com, April 16, 2010 244. "Can quantum physics explain the bleep?" Examiner.com, April 10, 2010 245. “Proton Collisions at the Large Hadron Collider - What’s in it for You?,” openDemocracy, March 2010 Click here to see the list of Ransom’s 202 Particle Physics research papers