Thursday, 6 October 2022

woman, the scientist

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From The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow : We can be fairly certain there was no Neolithic equivalent of Edmund ...
Thursday, 8 September 2022

this natural forest

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From The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono : En 1933, il reçut la visite d’un garde forestier éberlué. Ce fonctionnaire lui intima...
Friday, 18 March 2022

In memoriam: A. M. Shkrob (1936 — 2007)

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Как долго помнят о тех, кто никому не известен при жизни? Что значит — никому? А. М. Шкроб, « Счастливые дни » How long do they rem...
Sunday, 6 February 2022

playing the violin is easy

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From The need for good nomenclature by Edward W. Godly: [T]he IUPAC ‘ Blue Book ’ rules are something of a patchwork quilt. It is inten...
Monday, 12 July 2021

arrivederci, fed04.17

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Se oggi la situazione è complessa, non c’è ragione di credere che invece fosse semplice nel passato. So why Italian? Sure it’s a beauti...
Thursday, 6 May 2021

ci vediamo, Italian1x

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A few years ago, I started Italian Language and Culture: Beginner by WellesleyX only to abandon it after a week or so. This year, I decid...
Friday, 16 April 2021

this is the extent of serendipity

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According to Wikipedia , Charles J. Pedersen (1904—1989) “is one of the few people to win a Nobel Prize in the sciences without having a Ph...
Monday, 15 February 2021

what’s the matter

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In high school (1981—1983) I was taught that (physical) matter ( материя ) (1) consists of substance ( вещество ) and energy ( энергия ). ...
Tuesday, 15 September 2020

the great danger of the metric system

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A few fact(oid)s about Dame Agatha Christie I haven’t been aware until now. Pharmacy and toxicology were among Christie’s many interes...
Monday, 13 April 2020

staying indoors all night working

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From Soul Music by Terry Pratchett: A new day dawned. It had hardly finished doing so before Ridcully hurried through the dewy grass ...