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Boston and Chicago are two great seats of mathematical research located in major American cities. Until they won in 2004, if you asked a baseball fan in Boston what they most hoped to see in their lifetime, they would have answered a World Series win for the Boston Red Sox. Chicago Cubs fans are still waiting. Ask a mathematician in either of those cities or anywhere else in the world what they would most hope to see in their lifetime, and they would most likely answer: "A proof o the Riemann hy
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― God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History
― God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History
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New Rule: Don't name your kid after a ballpark. Cubs fans Paul and Teri Fields have named their newborn son Wrigley. Wrigley Fields. A child is supposed to be an independent individual, not a means of touting your own personal hobbies. At least that's what I've always taught my kids, Panama Red and Jacuzzi.
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― The New New Rules: A Funny Look At How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass
― The New New Rules: A Funny Look At How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass
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