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What to Copy

I was trying to help Mary (not her real name) with her genealogy.  She had brought a folder full of documents to the library.  As we went through them, a key one was a photocopy from a compiled genealogy.  But neither of us can figure out what the source actually is.  We just know it [...]

William Shanks (1812-1882) was an Englishman and amateur mathematician.  He spent 17 years of his life calculating the digits of the mathematical constant π.  In the days before computers this was a laborious pencil and paper calculation.  As he made progress, and raced against others for how far he could take the calculation, he reported [...]

I don’t know about you, but I’m stuffed!  Too much ham, too much pie, too much of everything.  So, as I enter 2019 I will have the usual resolutions related to diet and exercise.   Perhaps the same is true for you as well.  I wish I could help with that, but that’s not my area [...]

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