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[long_description] Myriam Sarachik passed away on October 7, 2021. Her work on
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Jochen Böhler
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Graeme Ackland
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Martin Haspelmath
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Zach Weber
[short_description] Löb’s theorem and Curry’s paradox are two very closely
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acceptable while the other—Curry’s—is not. In fact, both should fail.
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Reflections on Project Orion
Jeremy Bernstein
[long_description] Prior to Freeman Dyson’s death, Jeremy Bernstein recorded his
memories of their work together on Project Orion: a study in the 1950s and ’60s
of how nuclear bombs might be used to propel a spaceship—very carefully, as it
happens. Bernstein is the last living link to the project, now a half-remembered
fantasy. Dyson’s previously unpublished remarks on Project Orion are included in
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A Crisis of Identification
David Michael Roberts
[short_description] Almost a decade after claiming a proof of the abc
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The Standard Model
Sheldon Lee Glashow
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Black as Death
Monica Green
[short_description] A new account argues for the importance of climate and
disease as forces shaping medieval Europe. Monica Green offers a detailed
critique and reviews new research into the origins of the Black Death.
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Tōhoku
Rick Jardine
[short_description] Alexander Grothendieck’s 1957 paper, “Some Aspects of
Homological Algebra,” also known as the Tōhoku paper, was a turning point in
homological algebra, algebraic topology and algebraic geometry.
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