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| | Most people are aware that the ancient Greeks made a lot of significant contributions to modern civilization, but not everyone knows exactly what they contributed. I cannot possibly hope to list all of the ancient Greek contributions to civilization here, since I could write a whole book on the subject and still not cover everything. ... Continue reading "What Did the Ancient Greeks Contribute to Modern Civilization? A Lot, It Turns Out."
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| | Now that I've moved on to semi-retirement, there is time to take on a 25-year-old project: my textbook on polyhedra! I became interested in polyhedra during graduate school, when I was fascinated by the trio of books by Magnus Wenninger:Polyhedron Models,Dual Models, andSpherical Models. I don't know how many times I checked outPolyhedron Models from...
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| | This post is a follow-up on some somewhat off-hand comments that I made earlier regarding the notion of truth in a "proof-based" discipline such as pure mathematics or theoretical computer science. Since the former is easier to circumscribe and also has a larger literature available on it, for the purposes of the post I will...
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