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stoutfellow) wrote2011-06-05 06:16 am
stoutfellow) wrote2011-06-05 06:16 am
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We Are Only Slightly Amused
It is said that Queen Victoria, after reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, was so delighted that she requested that she get an early copy of the author's next book - which turned out to be a treatise on determinants.
I just received a message from Amazon touting a book I might be interested in, since it was written by Edwin A. Abbott, author of the classic mathematical romance Flatland. The book? Miscellanea Evangelica: Volume 2, Christ's Miracles of Feeding.
Automated recommendations still have a long way to go.
I just received a message from Amazon touting a book I might be interested in, since it was written by Edwin A. Abbott, author of the classic mathematical romance Flatland. The book? Miscellanea Evangelica: Volume 2, Christ's Miracles of Feeding.
Automated recommendations still have a long way to go.