Science, Numbers, and I.Science: Balancing the books. BB or not BB, that is the question. I'm looking over a four-leaf clover. Impossible, that's all! A matter of scale. Kaleidoscope in the sky. The symbolminded chemist. The great borning. Knock plastic! -- Numbers: Music to my ears. Old Man River. Crowded! Right beneath your feet. The times of our lives. Non-time travel. Twelve point three six nine. -- And I: Portrait of the writer as a boy. |
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Balancing the Books | 3 |
BB or Not BB That Is the Question | 16 |
Impossible Thats All | 43 |
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