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Lest the links in the previous post be thought merely "absurd, imbecilic or sarcastic" — John 1:5 .
See Devil's Bible, Early Nothing, and A Good Time.
Click on the image above for the LA Times obituary of Charles Townes, inventor of the laser. See also a statement at Adherents.com — From: "'STATEMENT BY CHARLES HARD TOWNES …
Or: Spectral Theory (continued from Oct. 2, 2013, and earlier) A memorable phrase by Verity Stob at theregister.co.uk on Jan. 26: "… remember you're not just an emotionless Dalek. You are…
Columbia University physics writer Peter Woit dubbed yesterday Snowpocalypse 2015 in New York City. Woit used the day to ponder a new book by mathematician Michael Harris, Mathematics without Apologies . Related…
Julianne Moore at the Screen Actors Guild awards on Sunday evening: "When I was 17, I decided I wanted to be an actor. It didn't seem possible because…
Continued from June 17, 2013 (John Baez as a savior for atheists): As an atheists-savior, I prefer Galois… The geometry underlying a figure that John Baez posted four…
From a search for "snowflake" in this journal — See also the January 13 death of a mathematician, graph theorist Ralph Faudree of the University of Memphis. Two hymns that may or…
Yesterday's online LA Times had an obituary for a traveling salesman: "Besides writing and teaching, Borg was a frequent speaker, usually racking up 100,000 frequent flier miles a year. He and…