Articles Tagged with navigation

Attention to detail

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Small mistakes

We compare old and new examples of unforgiving calculations.

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Notice to Mariners

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Software updates

A system of correction and new information long predates digital computers.

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April fool?

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Camouflaged truth

It’s not always easy to sort out fact from falsehood.

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time and tide

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Teaching complexity

Almost every subject is complicated if you go deeply enough into it.  Where do you stop teaching?

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The prudent mariner

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The ways of the sea

Our navigator realizes that there’s always more to learn.

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History and the ship

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Combining many things

We present another way to teach history.

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Fresh-ground

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Far and near

Technology and economics, fruit and spices, and a nutmeg-grater.

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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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Starting from here

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Using a simplistic idea

We consider a way to use something so simplified that it’s wrong.

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