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The New York Times this morning, in an obituary for a maker of crossword puzzles : "… the first known crossword puzzle appeared in an American newspaper. (Called a…
In memory of a dead poet — "Relax," said the night man. "We are programmed to receive." * A phrase from a new book by mathematician Michael Harris, Mathematics…
The Yale Daily News on Sept. 9, 2014 — Related material on "the hard problem" of consciousness— Wikipedia on the problem, and Tom Stoppard's first new play in nine…
See also a tribute to Wang (a Yale math major).
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…