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See Einstein's Orgy (Log24, Nov. 28, 2005), a post on Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert. Related material: Two articles mentioning Gilbert in The Harvard Crimson — Exams Interrupt Jewish High Holidays…
The Great Gilbert
"Scientific Peer Review, ca. 1945" —
A short poem by several authors: "The role of the 16 singular points on the Kummer surface is now played by the 64 singular points on the Kummer…
From "Origins of the Logical Theory of Probability: von Kries, Wittgenstein, Waismann," by Michael Heidelberger — "Von Kries calls a range of objective possibilities of a hypothesis or…
From today's Super Bowl Halftime: Click for image in context. See also Spielraum in this journal.
For Katy Perry Halftime Show — The "Pyramid Dance" from this journal on Dec. 3, 2014, the date of death for mathematics author James Stewart — Backstory: When Stewart died on Dec. 3, it…
Von Weizsäcker reportedly died sometime last night. * A reference to this journal's final post from 2014.
For those who prefer Heidegger to Hausdorff:
From the concluding paragraph of a new book by mathematician Michael Harris: "A team of eminent scholars is completing a definitive edition of Hausdorff’s collected works—'unique … in…