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7/29-Today I read 2 essays about Newton and one about Gauss, as well as some of The Geometry by Descartes and and an analysis of infintesmals by Bishop Berkeley. Although the beauty of getting drawn into trying to understand the notations and drawing
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“We see only glimpses of history, even our own. It is not entirely ours--in memory, in writing it down, in hearing or in reading it. We can reclaim only part of the past. Sometimes it is enough....”
― A Brightness Long Ago
― A Brightness Long Ago
“I thought if you told people facts, they'd draw their conclusions, and because the facts were true, the conclusions mostly would be too. But we don't run on facts. We run on stories about things. About people.”
― Babylon’s Ashes
― Babylon’s Ashes
“True basket weaving was, and remains, the original 3D printing.”
― Cræft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts
― Cræft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts
“If your relationship fills you with a sense of luck, you've chosen well.”
― Half a Life
― Half a Life
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Christopher Moore
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