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This is somebody else's photo.In the song "Moon River," Georgia songwriter Johnny Mercer wrote, "We're after the same rainbow's end." Actually, though, rainbows have no end. We usually don't see the full circle because the horizon of the Earth is in the way.But if the sun is very low in the sky, either just before sunset or just after sunrise, we can see a half circle. The higher the sun is in

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原來簡體字是太平天國的時後就開始的那是道光二十三年的事了 (1843)在他們拜過上帝為天父耶穌為天兄之後開始反對中國儒道思想卻又被西方國家認為太平天國的拜上帝教與基督教相差甚遠，實為異端蠻好笑的葉子寫於宣統九十九年

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Ha, after 26 years, I finally have a mobile phone.The main reason is that, so I can install a morse code ringtone.http://www.planetofnoise.com/midi/morse2mid.phpjust kidding.. I am not that wierd...

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There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't. If at first you don't succeed; call it version 1.0 Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. I'm not anti-social; I'm just not user friendly

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Got some water from Norway."artesian water from Norway" called VOSS from IGA.From 王文華's novel, a rich man took this young girl to somewhere near 遠企.There's a bar sell water only. But their water are collected from all over the world.How romantic is that?When a guy as you out, say "let's go drinking water!"I haven't seen too many cool ones, this is obvious one of those. When I was in the UK, I

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A cool website "made with molecules" that contains products related to molecules.http://www.madewithmolecules.com/index.htmlA glucose t-shirt for Dr Gilbert is probably very appropriate, except there's no adult size.

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Ha, this is an awesome picture, my sweetie makes sandwiches every morning just like that...with a bit more hair, as he claims.

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Bible says"There's no God"Except the sentence is completed by "Only fools say".

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http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/readings/readings.htm

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Stoned scientists by Dana Larsen (04 Apr, 2003)Marijuana and psychedelics have inspired many of the modern world's greatest minds.Stephen Jay Gould Renowned scientist and Harvard Professor Stephen Jay Gould died in May 2002, of lung cancer. Gould was the author of many books on science and evolution, including The Mismeasure of Man, and his massive 1400-page opus The Structure of Evolutionary

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by C. P. Snow, G. H. HardyEditorial ReviewsAmazon.comA Mathematician's Apology is a profoundly sad book, the memoir of a man who has reached the end of his ambition, who can no longer effectively practice the art that has consumed him since he was a boy. But at the same time, it is a joyful celebration of the subject--and a stern lecture to those who would sully it by dilettantism or attempts to

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by Sylvia NasarEditorial ReviewsAmazon.comStories of famously eccentric Princetonians abound--such as that of chemist Hubert Alyea, the model for The Absent-Minded Professor, or Ralph Nader, said to have had his own key to the library as an undergraduate. Or the "Phantom of Fine Hall," a figure many students had seen shuffling around the corridors of the math and physics building wearing purple

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by George Johnson Editorial ReviewsAmazon.comMurray Gell-Mann is a leading light in 20th-century physics, yet his name rings bells only for those interested in particle physics. Science writer George Johnson was fortunate enough to develop a friendly relationship with the great scientist, and his biography, Strange Beauty, glows with a rare intimacy gained from a notoriously private and irascible

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by J. L. Casti, Werner Depauli, John L. Casti, Werner Depauli-Schimanovich Editorial ReviewsFrom Library JournalThese authors, both respected academics, hope that "by the time the reader gets to the end of this book, he or she will know why" Kurt G del (1906-78) is one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century. Unfortunately, that is highly unlikely. The complexity of the work for which

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by Amir D. AczelEditorial ReviewsAmazon.comBorn in 1601, Pierre de Fermat lived a quiet life as a civil servant in Toulouse, France. In his spare time, however, Fermat dabbled in mathematics, and somehow managed to become one of the great mathematical theorists of his century. Around 1637 he scribbled a marginal note in one of his books. In it, he stated that he had solved a celebrated number

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Andrew Wiles had dreamed of proving Fermat ever since he first read about the theorem as a boy of ten at his local library. Only after years of toil, frustration and disappointment came the breakthrough. This work tells the true story of how Fermat's Theorem was made to yield up its secrets.

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by Bruce Schechter Editorial ReviewsAmazon.comPhysicist and science writer Bruce Schechter's biography of legendary Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdös is an engaging portrait, warm and intimate, bringing this strange, happy man to life. Schechter's focus is quite a bit tighter, and more traditionally biographical, than Paul Hoffman's in The Man Who Loved Only Numbers. Here, we get to see Erdös's

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by Simon SinghEditorial ReviewsAmazon.comPeople love secrets. Ever since the first word was written, humans have sent coded messages to each other. In The Code Book, Simon Singh, author of the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, offers a peek into the world of cryptography and codes, from ancient texts through computer encryption. Singh's compelling history is woven through with stories of how codes and

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by John Allen PaulosEditorial ReviewsJoseph Ercolano, Library Journal, 1980"Mathematics and Humor is an original, sophisticated, and scholarly treatment of the logic and mathematics of humor. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.Douglas Hofstadter, New York Times Book Review, 1980Paulos's writing is unpretentious and his approach is unorthodox and fresh." --

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by Sarah Flannery, David FlanneryEditorial ReviewsFrom Publishers WeeklyAt 16, Flannery made worldwide headlines as Ireland's 1999 Young Scientist of the Year for her discovery and presentation of the Cayley-Purser algorithm, an innovative encryption system roughly 22 times faster than the worldwide standard RSA algorithm. She declines the "genius" label, and a method for cracking her algorithm

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by Robert Eastaway, Jeremy Wyndham, Rob EastawayThis book is by the same authors as "Why do buses come in threes?", which was reviewed in Issue 10 of Plus. Like its predecessor, it consists of entertaining and thoughtprovoking questions on topics not obviously related to maths, and a discussion of each. The authors say that "give us a topic that we care about, and we all become mathematicians",

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by Robert Eastaway, Jeremy Wyndham, Rob EastawayEditorial ReviewsAmazon.comIf you've ever bought a Lotto ticket and wondered about your bad luck afterward, you've had to deal with math. From timing to probability, it pervades our every waking moment, and even the most crippling math phobia can't make it go away. Writers Rob Eastaway and Jeremy Wyndham throw up their hands in defeat and give in to

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by Joe Schwarcz Editorial ReviewsKelvin G. Ogilvie, President, Acadia University“...You will learn a great deal about the world around us while being compelled to read on—it’s an educator’s dream!” --This text refers to the Paperback edition.Review"Joe Schwarcz has mastered the art of science education as an attention-holding and rewarding experience. In this book he provides a great read, a book

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by Oliver SacksEditorial ReviewsAmazon.com's Best of 2001Oliver Sacks's luminous memoir charts the growth of a mind. Born in 1933 into a family of formidably intelligent London Jews, he discovered the wonders of the physical sciences early from his parents and their flock of brilliant siblings, most notably "Uncle Tungsten" (real name, Dave), who "manufactured lightbulbs with filaments of fine

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by Michael White "Editorial ReviewsAmazon.comScientific discovery, observes popular science writer Michael White, hinges on argument: at the root of all investigation lies a scientist's argument with the world, conducted in order to coax out information and secrets "until ideas and observation coalesce."White's interest, however, is on a less elevated plane. In this entertaining book, he recounts

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The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truthby Paul Hoffman "Editorial ReviewsAmazon.comPaul Erdös was an amazing and prolific mathematician whose life as a world-wandering numerical nomad was legendary. He published almost 1500 scholarly papers before his death in 1996, and he probably thought more about math problems than anyone in history. Like

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Editorial ReviewsEntertainment Weekly[Gardner] zaps his targets with laserlike precision and wit. Arthur C. ClarkeGardner is a national treasure...I wish [this] could be made compulsory reading in every high school—and in Congress. by Martin Gardner "Paperback: 352 pagesPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company (October, 2001)Language: EnglishISBN: 0393322386First Sentence:If you ever find yourself in

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Editorial ReviewsBook DescriptionThe author, a mathematician whose horizons have never been limited to mathematics, recalls a career that led him to numerous continents: to Italy and Germany first of all; then to India where he lived and taught at a critical time in the history of that country, and where he met with Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru; to Russia when Stalinism seemed to be waning only to

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Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History Editorial ReviewsFrom BooklistWomen who use birth control pills probably care more about their effectiveness than about how they actually work, and although ignorance here may be bliss, it also cheats one of a good science story, involving a driven chemist making a serendipitous discovery about cortisone. Le Couteur and Burreson roll out 17

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