Articles Tagged with mathematics

Getting your universe right

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lensYour novel, novella, short story or epic poem has everything:

  • Ingenious plot
  • Scintillating dialogue
  • Believable and interesting characters

Shouldn’t you also get the universe right?

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The strange case of the dimming star

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A good and bad example of current science

Our astronomer begs to be allowed to explain what’s really interesting about KIC8462852.

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Why the first of January?

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Beginnings are arbitrary, but important

January 2016 calendarWhy does the year begin on the first of January?

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No more trade-offs

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It’s easier when you can have it all

slide rule and log tableLife was more complicated in the old days. Not only were many things more difficult and tedious to accomplish, often you had to work out which of several methods you should use depending on what you really needed done. It’s much easier now. Really.

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