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Date: October 6th, 2008

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6 October, 2008 (09:22) | Books, History, Time | No comments

I see Chad’s put a brief review of Dava Sobel’s Longitude up over at Uncertain Principles.
I read the book a few years ago and can confirm that it’s a good read. (I missed a chance to hear Sobel give a talk at a conference a few years back — I was sick (>1.0 dogs) [...]

There’s Mathness to This Method

6 October, 2008 (09:02) | Math, Video | 1 comment

A gravity-powered binary calculator. Made of wood. (and therefore a witch)
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