David J Pfeiffer

Evidence for Climate Change

This article examines the scientific evidence that supports climate change, addresses many of the questions raised by skeptics, and explains the science behind the theory. The sources used in this article are highly regarded; readers are encouraged to verify the facts in this…

How to Expand Your Vocabulary

Throughout the last few years I have invested a significant amount of effort into expanding my vocabulary. I have found some methods to be more effective than others, and outline the most effective methods I have found in this article. There are two ways to learn new words— by…

About Science Journal

The Medium publication Science Journal exists to promote scientifically-literate rhetoric on the internet. Articles range from a wide variety of topics, and not all topics are directly related to scientific fields of study. Rather, the goal of the publication is to unify a broad scope of…

The Dining Philosophers Problem

The dining philosophers problem is a famous problem in computer science used to illustrate common issues in concurrent programming. The problem was originally formulated in 1965 by Edsger Dijkstra, and is stated as follows:

Five silent philosophers…