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Riemann: 'On the Hypotheses which Lie at the Root of Geometry'
  • May 20, 2023
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  • 21 min read

Riemann: 'On the Hypotheses which Lie at the Root of Geometry'

A translation of Bernhard Riemann's inaugural lecture

  • mathematics
  • history of science
  • topology
  • german
Uexküll translation: The External and Internal Worlds of Animals
  • Mar 7, 2023
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  • 12 min read

Uexküll translation: The External and Internal Worlds of Animals

The introduction from Umwelt und Innenwelt der Tiere, in English for the first time

  • german
  • history of science
  • biology
The infamous Bergson-Einstein debate, translated
  • Feb 12, 2023
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  • 37 min read

The infamous Bergson-Einstein debate, translated

Meeting notes of the 1922 encounter translated from the French, perhaps for the first time

  • history of science
  • continental
  • physics
  • french
Catoptrica: The Greek Fragment, translated
  • Dec 19, 2022
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  • 04 min read

Catoptrica: The Greek Fragment, translated

An introductory exercise in translating Heron of Alexandria

  • greek
  • history of science
  • optics

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