Articles Tagged with calculation

A simpler theory

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Measuring complications

A simple idea can become a complicated thing to implement.

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Future puzzles

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When today is past

What will need to be explained to future readers about today’s literature?

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The courage of one’s calculations

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Knowledge and its uses

Knowing how to do something, and doing it, are not the same thing.

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In the back of the book

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The right answer

How did the answers in the answer key get there?

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Technology and tedium

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Riemann sums

Sometimes technological advances mean things are less exciting.

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Not quite constant

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Dealing with precession

We note some of the difficulties in writing historical fiction (among other things).

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Twelve quarters

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Where the wind blows

A poetic phrase has an unexpected scientific source.

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The long hours

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Time of the season

Some hours used to be longer than others.  Really.

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The prepared mind

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Learning from an observation

What we see depends on what we’re looking for.

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Learning from the Great Conjunction

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A crucial experiment

We investigate a possible event in ancient science.

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