Peano!
You might recall our previous discussions of fields. We eventually got as far as being able to define a complete, ordered field and show that the real numbers are an example of it. That...
Daily Archive: December 1, 2013
Do we have a right to take holidays off?
Critics of Wal-mart have latched onto its being open on Thanksgiving as a rallying cry. Doing so is a mistake.
‘Twelve Years A Slave’ and the Importance of History
Hollywood often gets history wrong, but occasionally they do their best to get it right. Why ’12 Years A Slave’ matters as historical narrative.
Virtual Musical Advent Calendar, December 1 : God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Of all the traditional Christmas carols, none has been more misunderstood than God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen. None has been the victim of such periodic shoddy scholarship; none has so had its original joyous and raucous intent replaced by such somber plodding.
