Thursday, April 25, 2019

G. H. Hardy's "Apology"

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I am certainly among the perhaps one million readers of this classic who could never master the mathematics that Hardy taught. But the cont...
Friday, April 19, 2019

Robert Leonard's "Curious Currency"

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I was disappointed not to see an advance in the scholarship since the first edition of 2010.  Make no mistake: this little book is very sch...
Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Two Hot Mamas Salsa

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New Mexico is the home of chili peppers. In both Las Cruces and Alburqueque, at Christmas time, people hang red and green chilis from their ...
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Saturday, March 30, 2019

Simply Dirac by Helge Kragh

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Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac predicted the existence of the positron and the magnetic monopole. He received a Nobel Prize in 1933. Born in 190...
Thursday, March 21, 2019

Ann M. Zakelj (1947-2019)

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We met in Cleveland, Ohio, 1996, when I was a contractor with the U. S. Department of Defense Financial Accounting Service (DFAS). When s...
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Thursday, February 28, 2019

A Numismatic History of Hungary

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Nagyszüleim magyarok voltak. My grandparents were Hungarians. Actually, the empire being what it was, my grandmother's father was Croati...
Monday, February 18, 2019

Book Review: Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

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Intuition is underappreciated. We like reams of repeatable data and validated statistics. As important as those are, they are perhaps less ...
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Sunday, February 17, 2019

World War II Sweetheart Dance (2019)

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We had a great time at the Texas Military Forces Museum Valentine’s dance. This year, we prepared by taking dancing lessons. I signed us up...