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In the picture: Sherlock Holmes applies his chemical skills in this 1893 illustration by Sidney Paget. Credit: AF Fotografie/Alamy

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Provenance of mathematics quote from Robert Musil, 1913
Apr 6, 2023
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Mathematicians who wrote fiction
Apr 19, 2023
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Origin of exact and closed differential expressions
Nov 20, 2023
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What are some famous named groups of scientists?
Nov 24, 2023
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Gate 44 at the Colosseum in Rome: XLIIII or XLIV? When and why the change?
Dec 24, 2022
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Did Poincaré ever make mistakes in the books or papers he published?
May 13
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A Comprehensive Masterpiece on History of Science
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What are some examples of elegant solutions?
Aug 11
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What's the history of "left as exercise" or notions similar to that?
Dec 19, 2022
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History of visualization in science and math - where may I read of it?
Feb 11, 2023
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"Salvare" for "save a file"? Or "scaricare"? Or something else?
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Language of theoretical economic papers
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How is Italy so rich, given its high corruption and crime?
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Balanced growth path definition in the Hicks neutral steady state with technology
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Economists Working At the Intersection of Pure Math and Economics