The Rise and Fall of the English Sentence
Nautilus
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The Rise and Fall of the English Sentence
Nov 16, 2017
An iconic sentence, this. But how did it ever make its way into the world? At 71 words, it is composed of eight separate clauses, each anchored by its own verb, nested within one another in various arrangements. The main clause (a decent respect to t
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Vokes and Peters
Architecture Australia
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Vokes and Peters
Jul 1, 2019
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Why Do Taxonomists Write the Meanest Obituaries?: The open nature of the science of classification virtually guarantees fights.
Nautilus
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Why Do Taxonomists Write the Meanest Obituaries?: The open nature of the science of classification virtually guarantees fights.
Apr 7, 2016
Constantine Rafinesque had only been dead a few months when Asa Gray sat down to eulogize him for the American Journal of Science. The year was 1841, and Gray, soon to join both the American Academy and the Harvard faculty, was well on his way to bec
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Why Physics Is Not a Discipline: Physics is not just what happens in the Department of Physics.
Nautilus
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Why Physics Is Not a Discipline: Physics is not just what happens in the Department of Physics.
Apr 21, 2016
Have you heard the one about the biologist, the physicist, and the mathematician? They’re all sitting in a cafe watching people come and go from a house across the street. Two people enter, and then some time later, three emerge. The physicist says,
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A Sneaky Theory of Where Language Came From
The Atlantic
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A Sneaky Theory of Where Language Came From
Jun 10, 2018
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In Search Of Koreanness In Contemporary Architecture: From The Debate On Tradition To The Proposal For École De Corée
Space
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In Search Of Koreanness In Contemporary Architecture: From The Debate On Tradition To The Proposal For École De Corée
Sep 1, 2021
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A New View of Time
Nautilus
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A New View of Time
Jun 7, 2018
This article introduces Nautilus’ month-long exploration of the science and art of time. When Lee Smolin’s book Time Reborn was re-launched to great fanfare at my home in 2015, it accelerated a discussion he and I had been having for years: What if w
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Lo Orgánico En La Arquitectura
Revista Trama
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Lo Orgánico En La Arquitectura
Sep 21, 2021
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Open Engagement: Sustainability
C Magazine
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Open Engagement: Sustainability
Sep 3, 2018
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The Book No One Read: Why Stanislaw Lem’s futurism deserves attention.
Nautilus
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The Book No One Read: Why Stanislaw Lem’s futurism deserves attention.
Oct 2, 2014
I remember well the first time my certainty of a bright future evaporated, when my confidence in the panacea of technological progress was shaken. It was in 2007, on a warm September evening in San Francisco, where I was relaxing in a cheap motel roo
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On Semicolons And The Rules Of Writing
The Millions
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On Semicolons And The Rules Of Writing
Jul 10, 2018
1. Kurt Vonnegut’s caution against the use of semicolons is one of the most famous and canonical pieces of writing advice, an admonition that has become, so to speak, one of The Rules. More on these rules later, but first the infamous quote in questi
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The Library of Possible Futures
The Atlantic
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The Library of Possible Futures
Feb 1, 2021
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For A Cinema Of Bombardment
Cinema Scope
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For A Cinema Of Bombardment
Sep 20, 2019
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Who Was Afraid Of Postmodernism?
Space
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Who Was Afraid Of Postmodernism?
Oct 4, 2021
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Professor Noam Chomsky
The Critic Magazine
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Professor Noam Chomsky
Feb 29, 2024
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John Conway Solved Mathematical Problems With His Bare Hands
Quanta
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John Conway Solved Mathematical Problems With His Bare Hands
Apr 20, 2020
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Rumors of the ‘Gay Gene’ Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Literary Hub
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Rumors of the ‘Gay Gene’ Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Apr 5, 2019
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Keynes, Russian Economic Thought, and Contemporary Policy
The Independent Review
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Keynes, Russian Economic Thought, and Contemporary Policy
Mar 15, 2022
From Lenin through the Brezhnev era, Western examinations of Russo-Soviet interpretations of the work of John Maynard Keynes provided a lens by which to understand Russian economic thought and policy (Lange 1945; Zauberman 1949–50; Meek 1959; Turner
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The World Of Writing
Writing Magazine
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The World Of Writing
Dec 2, 2021
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The Good Ancestor
New Zealand Listener
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The Good Ancestor
May 21, 2023
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The Good Ancestor
New Zealand Listener
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The Good Ancestor
May 21, 2023
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Who’s Afraid of Theory?
The Millions
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Who’s Afraid of Theory?
Oct 29, 2020
The conclusion among many folks is that Theory is a kind of philosophical Mad Libs disappearing up its own ass, accountable to nobody but itself and the departments that coddle it. The post Who’s Afraid of Theory? appeared first on The Millions.
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A ‘Mic Drop’ on a Theory of Language Evolution
The Atlantic
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A ‘Mic Drop’ on a Theory of Language Evolution
Dec 12, 2019
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Spaceship Earth
Aperture
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Spaceship Earth
Dec 8, 2020
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Herbert Spencer’s Principle of Equal Freedom: Is It Well Grounded?
The Independent Review
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Herbert Spencer’s Principle of Equal Freedom: Is It Well Grounded?
Sep 1, 2020
During the mid-to late nineteenth century, Herbert Spencer was the most widely read philosopher in the world. A large part of his appeal was owing to his ambition of providing a complete and comprehensive account of human reality based on scientific
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전환기라는 불안 Anxiety Known As Transition
Space
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전환기라는 불안 Anxiety Known As Transition
Oct 5, 2022
리-비지트 「SPACE」 22 「SPACE(공간)」는 56년 동안 한국 건축의 현장을 기록한 대표적인 매체다. 켜켜이 쌓인 기사들을 새로운 시각에서 재조명하기 위해 건축사가 김현섭, 비평가 박정현, 건축가 서재원, 건축사와 미술사를 아우르는 조현정, 미술사가 신정훈 다섯 사람을 한자리에 모았다. 이들이 발굴해낸 이야기가 오늘의 건축 담론을 위한 생산적인 탐험이 되길 기대한다. 박정현은 서울시립대학교 건축학과에서 박사학위를 받았다. 『건축은 무엇
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No Easy Way To Mastery
New Zealand Listener
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No Easy Way To Mastery
May 22, 2022
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“Bathroom Classroom” — HaeAhn Woo Kwon with Isabelle Pauwels, Amy Lam, Kirby Chen Mages, IBanJiHa (SoYoon Kim)
C Magazine
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“Bathroom Classroom” — HaeAhn Woo Kwon with Isabelle Pauwels, Amy Lam, Kirby Chen Mages, IBanJiHa (SoYoon Kim)
Apr 15, 2022
Instead of making a solo debut with the gallery that represents her, HaeAhn Woo Kwon recast her one-person show as a collective encounter and effort. This entailed Kwon inviting four artist peers to collaborate by making their own additions and respo
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Design Anthology
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Read
Jun 21, 2021
by Brad Davis & Janis Provisor (Rizzoli) Fort Street Studio was established by artists Janis Provisor and Brad Davis in 1996, after an earlier trip to China inspired them to return and begin creating luxurious silk rugs; their work marked the beginni
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Made in Melbourne
Architecture Australia
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Made in Melbourne
Jul 1, 2019
“Hank-n-Julie.” That’s how I’ve known them since 1976, always a pair and always in that order, even though that order is probably patriarchal – Julie was always the more vocal one. They were a power team even back then, part of a group of energetic g
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