Posts in "Essays"

Marcel van der Veer Essays
The battle for Arnhem bridge
September 2024

Commemorating operation Market Garden eighty years later …


Marcel van der Veer Essays
Veldpost Utrecht
February 2024

On a bleak midwinter morning, I reported at the Isabella kazerne in Vught …


Marcel van der Veer Essays
Artificial Unconsciousness
February 2024

Some announce the development of conscious artificial intelligence in the foreseeable future …


Marcel van der Veer Essays
Ex nihilo nihil fit
January 2024

Every now and then I have this discussion with fellow scientists - can a modern scientist believe in God? …


Marcel van der Veer Essays
Of kings and pawns
February 2023

Throughout our lives interesting persons cross our paths and I am grateful to have been in their company …


Marcel van der Veer Essays
Beyond the multiverse
January 2023

A recent study suggests that during the last decades less and less groundbreaking scientific discoveries were made …


Marcel van der Veer Essays
Be multilingual!
January 2018

Every year my daughter's high school invites parents to partake in an evening of information sessions, to help students orient themselves on their future …


Marcel van der Veer Essays
Genealogical essay
November 2013

Essay investigating the origin of Marcel's surname …




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