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Origin Story of The first CT scan (Republished from The Conversation

Rmukesh Gupta

50 years ago, on 1st October 1971, the first CT scan let doctors see inside a living skull – thanks to an eccentric engineer at the Beatles’ record company. Godfrey Hounsfield stands beside the EMI-Scanner in 1972. PA Images via Getty Images. Edmund S. Higgins , Medical University of South Carolina. The possibility of precious objects hidden in secret chambers can really ignite the imagination.

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Parkinson’s Law: Work expands to fit the time available

Idea to Value

How is it possible that individuals and teams can take a project which should take a few days, and not have it completed several months later? Or why many artists continue to work on their next project for years, while showing very little progress when actually asked what has been completed? Or why I wrote almost every single essay at university the night before it was due, instead of getting it completed a month ahead of time when I knew what the challenge was?

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