Articles for August 2024

The right textbook

Too big, too slow, too sparse?

We describe a problem that you probably don’t have.

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The photographer’s intention

Photographs and images

Technology can make images much more expressive and creative than even a decade or two ago.  Mostly, it hasn’t.

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Getting the stars right

Does it matter?

We wonder how careful a fiction author really needs to be.

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Octopus arithmetic

How different could it get?

We ponder how to communicate with aliens.

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