Articles Tagged with calculation

Sunrise, sunset

In-between calculations

In the twilight land of Spherical Astronomy. . .

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Seeking agreement

Another step

We propose a modification of the Scientific Method.

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Analog lessons

Doomed ideas (III)

A different sort of lesson for this digital age.

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What if. . .?

Counterfactuals

Asking about what might have been can be useful, but is often just a waste of time.

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The center of the universe

A privileged position

A discredited historical myth refuses to die.

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Interpolation

No longer useful

We don’t need to look up things in tables of numbers nowadays.

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Small perturbations

A big subject

We describe how to do something that’s hard.

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Specialization

Comparative advantage

How much should you be able to do, and how well?

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Unstated assumptions

Conditional probability

The assumptions you make without noticing can change the answers you get.

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A philosophical essay

Many topics

A mathematical essay turns out to have much more than mathematics in it.

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