Physics, tech and humor. Because science and learning are cool, and life’s too short not to laugh.
Humbling at indexed.
Observation: Jessica’s plots vary as either 1/r, r or r2, but I can’t recall any that had an actual inflection point (in my semi-random sampling). There could be some subtle implications in inflection points. No asymptotic functions I can recall, either.
Why “Daisy” in 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Possibly because a Bell Labs computer sang it years earlier, in a demo of voice synthesis and voice recognition.
Pangolins is practically chickens.
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Jennifer has started the great pop-sci book project, a natural evolution (and yet intelligently designed progression) of The Big Read
The rules are familiar
1. Highlight those you’ve read in full
2. Asterisk those you intend to read
3. Add any additional popular science books you think belong on the list
4. Link back to me (leave links or suggested [...]
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