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Logician, historian and philosopher of logic, mathematics, and computability Copied to @richardzach.org on Bluesky. Follow @ap.brid.gy so I can follow you back [bridged from mathstodon.xyz/@rrrichardzach on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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Richard Zach @richardzach.org · 13/07/2026
Parts of the Open Logic Text as well as the textbooks Sets, Logic, Computation and Set Theory are now available in (Brazilian) Portuguese. The Portuguese translation and adaptation is by Pedro Lima, a philosophy student based in Portugal. He plans to continue […] [Original post on mathstodon.xyz]
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Richard Zach @richardzach.org · 01/07/2026
Happy Canada Day! www.sprawlcalgary.com/canadian-flag…
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How a Calgarian created Canada’s flag | The Sprawl
George Stanley proposed ‘a simple red and white’ design.
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Richard Zach @richardzach.org · 27/05/2026
Patti Smith is a fan of Moritz Schlick
Instagram post by Patti Smith showing a plaque commemorating the place where Moritz Schlick was gunned downInstagram post by Patti Smith showing a plaque commemorating the house where Moritz Schlick lived
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Richard Zach @richardzach.org · 04/05/2026
PhD and Postdoc positions in UnAxiMa: Uncovering the Axioms of Mathematics The FWF Emerging Fields project UnAxiMa (Uncovering the Axioms of Mathematics) is offering up to 12 postdoc positions and up to 12 PhD positions at TU Wien and the University of Vienna, Austria. The goal of the 5-year […]
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Richard Zach @richardzach.org · 24/04/2026
Philosopher of mathematics (and my Doktorvater) Paolo Mancosu elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences! dailynous.com/2026/04/23/philosophe…
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Philosophers Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences has announced its latest class of members, and several philosophers are a part of it. They are: Julia Driver, University of Texas at Austin Melissa S. Lane, Princeton University Jane Maienschein, Arizona State University Paolo Mancosu, University of California, Berkeley James Owen Weatherall, University of California, Irvine David B. Wong, Duke University Gideon Yaffe, Yale University Lea Ypi, London School of Economics The full list of new members is here. The American Academy of Arts & Sciences is a learned society founded in 1780 by John Adams, John Hancock, and other Founding Fathers of the United States. You can learn more about it here. Induction ceremonies for new members will take place in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in October 2026. The post Philosophers Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences first appeared on Daily Nous.
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Richard Zach @richardzach.org · 09/03/2026
Places of the Vienna Circle. An online exhibit by the City of Vienna library and the Institute Vienna Circle online-ausstellungen.wienbibliothek…
Portraits of members of the Vienna Circle: 
Gustav Bergmann
Rudolf Carnap
Herbert Feigl
Philipp Frank
Kurt Goedel
Hans Hahn
Olga Hahn-Neurath
Béla Juhos
Felix Kaufmann
Viktor Kraft
Karl Menger
Richard von Mises
Otto Neurath
Rose Rand
Josef Schächter
Moritz Schlick
Olga Taussky-Todd
Friedrich Waismann
Edgar Zilsel
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Richard Zach @richardzach.org · 08/03/2026
Aaron Bryce and Rajeev Goré have formalized Gentzen's consistency proof for PA in Coq/Roqc arxiv.org/abs/2603.00487 This finishes an attempt by Morgan Sinclaire scholarworks.boisestate.edu/cgi/vie…
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DRAFT: A Formally Verified Constructive Proof of the Consistency of Peano Arithmetic Using Ordinal Assignments
Gentzen's 1936 proof of the consistency of Peano Arithmetic was a significant result in the foundations of mathematics. We provide here a modified version of the proof, based on Gödel's reformulation, and including additional details and minor corrections which are necessary to definitively prove the well-foundedness of the cut-elimination argument in a constructive environment. All results have been verified using the Coq theorem prover. NOTE TO READERS 26 February 2026: this is a draft which we had intended to submit to the Journal of Automated Reasoning with no particular time-line in our minds as the work was completed as part of Aaron's honours project at ANU in 2023. For that reason, we have used the Springer style files. We are putting it on arxiv as there appears to be some interest in this work as indicated by a post to https://proofassistants.stackexchange.com/questions/6462/how-far-is-gentzens-consistency-proof-of-peano-arithmetic-from-being-formalized in early February 2026. The Coq code is available here: https://github.com/aarondroidbryce/Gentzen/tree/master
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Richard Zach @richardzach.org · 27/02/2026
So turns out Cantor stole the proof that \\(\mathbb{R}\\) is uncountable from Dedekind www.quantamagazine.org/the-man-who-…
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The Man Who Stole Infinity | Quanta Magazine
In an 1874 paper, Georg Cantor proved that there are different sizes of infinity and changed math forever. A trove of newly unearthed letters shows that it was also an act of plagiarism.
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Richard Zach @richardzach.org · 10/12/2025
The Journal of Philosophical Logic is dead (again!?). Long live Philosophical Logic! www.openlibhums.org/news/875
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Flagship Springer Nature journal flips to diamond open access at the OLH
We’re excited to announce the launch of a major new journal, following news of another mass editorial resignation (read open letter) at Springer Nature. This week, the Editors-in-Chief and Associate …
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Mastodon Engineering @mastodonengineering.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2025
In case you missed it, Quote Posts are live on mastodon.social and mastodon.online — let us know what you think! This feature has been a long time coming because we wanted to take the time to do it right. Part of that process was sharing our work and getting feedback along the way […]
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Greg Restall @consequently.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2025
The anarchist type theorists are in evidence along Riverside Walk in Dundee. #typetheory #dundee
A rectangular black sticker, with yellow writing, saying “the only good system is a type system” with a centred lower case lambda in a circle.
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Richard Zach @richardzach.org · 01/07/2025
RIP Robert Woodrow mathmatters.cms.math.ca/en/article/…
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# Remembering Robert Woodrow Feature June 20, 2025 Issue Feature June 2025 (Vol. 2, No. 24) Issue Contents June 20, 2025 Issue : Vol. 2, No. 24 Feature Remembering Robert Woodrow CMS Meetings 2025 CMS Winter Meeting, Dec 5-8 | Save the Date! 2025 CMS Winter Meeting | Call for Education Sessions 2025 CMS Winter Meeting | Call for Scientific Sessions Announcements International Congress of Mathematicians | July 23 - 30 , 2026 — ICM Call for Proposals: BIRS-MATRIX Tandem Workshop (November 22-27, 2026) Proceedings A: Mathematical theory and applications of multiple wave scattering 2025 CMS Summer Ottawa Math Camp | Registration Now Open Calls for Nominations Call for Nominations: 2026 David Borwein Award | Deadline November 15, 2025 Call from the International Prize Committee — Javad Mashreghi Call for Nominations: 2026 Research Prizes | Deadline September 30, 2025 Call for Nominations: Editor-in-Chief (EIC), Crux Mathematicorum | Deadline July 15, 2025 CMS Student Committee Connect with us on Discord! — Student Committee of the CMS The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is deeply saddened to announce the unexpected passing of Dr. Robert Woodrow on June 10, 2025, shortly after returning to Calgary from the CMS Summer Meeting. He was deeply engaged in every facet of the academic community throughout both his career and retirement. Dr. Woodrow was involved with the CMS for over 45 years, serving in many capacities and most recently, and for over ten years, as the Chair of the Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge (COMC). He was a pillar whose dedication, insight, and kindness left an enduring and profound impact on all of us. Members of our community have shared their heartfelt memories of him: “ _Robert Woodrow was a true asset to the CMS and a dedicated member since 1981. His commitment was further demonstrated through his invaluable contributions to the Board of Directors and numerous committees._ _Robert dedicated the last decade of his efforts specifically to competitions and the student committee, particularly as a pivotal chair of the COMC committee. He generously invested countless hours in this competition, through proctoring and rigorously vetting exams, leading the COMC committee, and providing exceptional leadership for our largest math competition._ _Robert will be truly missed and remembered fondly by all staff and everyone who had the privilege of working with him. We will miss his dedication and unwavering enthusiasm for math competitions. We’ll also deeply miss his presence at CMS Meetings; he was a truly dedicated champion of the CMS_.” – Dr. Termeh Kousha, Executive Director, Canadian Mathematical Society “ _Dr. Robert Woodrow was a very special colleague and a tremendous friend of the Canadian Mathematical Society. As a former Executive Director of the CMS, I was fortunate to work with Robert in many different ways. He was a member of the CMS for more than 45 years and he was always ready to help whenever asked. His tireless efforts, infectious personality, generosity and commitment to the work of the CMS was an inspiration to all. Of particular note was his service as Chair of the Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge Committee, the Faculty Advisor to the CMS Student Committee, a member of the CMS Advancement of Mathematics Committee and as the Olympiad Editor of Crux Mathematicorum. Robert was awarded the Society’s Distinguished Service Award in 2010 and appointed a CMS Fellow 2018. His dedication and unwavering commitment to the Society continued until only a few days before his untimely passing on June 10, 2025. The Society has lost one of its most respected and valued members and I have lost a remarkable friend. It is hard to imagine the CMS without Dr. Robert Woodrow. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him_.” – Dr. Graham Wright, Former Executive Director of the Canadian Mathematical Society “ _Robert was truly an extraordinary, kind and caring person, who spent his life to his last hours serving the mathematical community, in particular its younger members. His actions clearly came from his heart. I am extremely grateful to have had the honour to work with him and benefit from his wisdom and experience in administering the COMC and other competitions. He was very generous with his time and always willing to help ensuring each student was treated fairly. He clearly enjoyed what he did and it was a joy to work with him_.” – Dr. Dorette Pronk (Dalhousie), Chair, Math Competitions Committee “ _A gregarious host, a lively and generous table companion, a stimulating research collaborator, and a colleague with a decades-long dedication to math contests and other math enrichment activities: Robert was each of these, and in each case no-one could have asked for more._ ” – Dr. Bill Sands (University of Calgary) The CMS sends its heartfelt condolences to Dr. Woodrow’s family and friends. His absence leaves a void that will be deeply felt across our community, and his legacy of generosity, leadership, and unwavering dedication to mathematics will continue to inspire us for many years to come. **An extended tribute to Dr. Woodrow will be featured in the September issue of the _CMS Notes_. If you have photographs or personal memories you would like to contribute, please email them to ****communications@cms.math.ca****.** **For more information, please contact:** Dr. Claude Laflamme Professor Emeritus University of Calgary laflamme@ucalgary.ca| Dr. Bill Sands Professor Emeritus University of Calgary sands@ucalgary.ca| CMS Executive Office cms@cms.math.ca ---|---|--- Share on Facebook Share on email Post this on X/Twitter Instagram Send to printer
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Richard Zach @richardzach.org · 25/06/2025
Preparing for Fall 2025 Most of the Open Logic textbooks have seen lots of changes from the versions currently available in hardcopy, so it's time to refresh those to Fall 2025 editions. These will incorporate all the corrections reported by readers since at least 2023 and in many cases going […]
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Richard Zach @richardzach.org · 25/06/2025
Preparing for Fall 2025 Most of the Open Logic textbooks have seen lots of changes from the versions currently available in hardcopy, so it's time to refresh those to Fall 2025 editions. These will incorporate all the corrections reported by readers since at least 2023 and in many cases going […]
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Greg Restall @consequently.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2025
Last week was all type theory, all the time. *This* week I get to change gears, and take part in the 50th Annual Conference of the Society for Exact Philosophy. I’m especially looking forward to Day 2, which is devoted to the work of our sorely-missed colleague, Aldo Antonelli, who passed away […]
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Flipboard @flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/04/2025
In the U.S., there's a "secret" form of media: radio reading services, where volunteers read aloud the text of newspapers, books and magazines. These used to be broadcast on "sidebands" — little hidden side pockets of public radio or TV stations' airwaves — for which folks needed a special radio […]
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DougMerritt (log😅 = 💧log😄) @dougmerritt.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 23/04/2025
@AmenZwa Logisim port to browser "using a version of OpenJDK that runs in WebAssembly" drs.software/blog/announcing-logisim logisim.app via mathstodon.xyz/@regehr@mastodon.soc…
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amen zwa, esq. (@AmenZwa@mathstodon.xyz)
4.58K Posts, 330 Following, 346 Followers · I am an ordinary man. So, I am unique up to isomorphism. 🇺🇸 JD ⊥ MSCS Ω BSEE 🇺🇦 Washington, DC
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fuckeveryphilosopherbot @fuckeveryphilosopherbot.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2025
Fuck Ayn Rand (1905–1982) #philosophy
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Michael Barany @mjb.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2025
Absolutely thrilled to be delivering this year's Philosophy of Mathematical Practices Masterclass at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 18-20 June. Grad students and postdocs, come and talk with me about materials, institutions, and critical contexts! sites.google.com/view/mc-pmp-brusse…
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MC-PMP-Brussels-2025
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petersuber @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2025
Today the editorial board of _Mathematical Logic Quarterly_ (pub'd by @Wiley) resigned and launched a new #DiamondOA journal on the same topics. open-access.network/services/news/a… See their open letter announcing their resignations and plans for […]
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Richard Zach @richardzach.org · 07/04/2025
The Mathematical Logic Quarterly is dead. Long live the Zeitschrift für mathematische Logik und Grundlagen der Mathematik! zml.international
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ZML - Zeitschrift für Mathematische Logik und Grundlagen der Mathematik
ZML: Zeitschrift für Mathematische Logik und Grundlagen der Mathematik is an electronic Diamond Open Access research journal in mathematical logic publishing original research papers in all areas of mathematical logic.
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Richard Zach @richardzach.org · 29/03/2025
Notations for neurodiverse learners - extensive discussion of effects of mathematical notation www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic…
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Richard Zach @richardzach.org · 26/03/2025
I wrote up what I learned converting an open textbook in LaTeX to HTML and making it accessible richardzach.org/2025/03/accessible-… #TexLaTeX #OER #accessibility #blind
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Flipboard Culture Desk @culturedesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/03/2025
David Johansen, who fronted the legendary 1970s proto-punk band New York Dolls and also recorded under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter, has died at 75, his representative confirmed. Johansen was the subject of a documentary from directors Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi, “Personality Crisis […]
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Tom Lyon ✅ @aka-pugs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/03/2025
imgs.xkcd.com/comics/lisp_cycles.png OTD 1960: LISP I Programming manual is published: github.com/Luiz-Monad/papers/blob/m…
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papers/LISP I Programmers Manual - IBM 704 - 1960.pdf at master · Luiz-Monad/papers
Contribute to Luiz-Monad/papers development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Greg Restall @consequently.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/02/2025
Next week, I’m heading off to North America for a few talks. (I’d committed to these talks before last year’s election and I have mixed feelings about the trip, but I’m going, nonetheless.) If you're in the LA area, in or around Calgary, or New York, and you’re into philosophical logic, why […]
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Greg Restall @consequently.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2025
I'm delighted to share that next month, I’ll be in Canada, giving the 2024-25 Calgary Mathematics & Philosophy Lecture. I’ll be talking about mathematical practice, proof assistants, and meaning. If you’re in that part of the world on March 13, I’d love to see you there! […]
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Ehud @duhe.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Truly remarkable stuff in this thread.
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philosophyblogs @philosophyblogs.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 12/02/2025
Blog of the APA || Philosophy of Language, Landon D. C.Elkind blog.apaonline.org/2025/02/12/philo…
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Philosophy of Language, Landon D. C.Elkind
This syllabus is designed for a course that introduces students to some issues in the philosophy of language. There are seven-ish units to the course: Free speech (Mill, Hornsby, Brison) Speech Acts (MacDonald, Austin, Strawson, Millikan) Implicature (Grice and Saul) Names for Fictional Characters (Thomasson and Sainsbury) Names Part 1 (Frege, Russell, Jones) Names Part…
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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Free download
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Abstractionism
Cambridge Core - Philosophy of Science - Abstractionism
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Flipboard @flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/01/2025
Alexios Mantzarlis, who is the director of the Security, Trust, and Safety Initiative at Cornell Tech and part of the team that shepherded Meta's now-canceled fact-checking program, has fact-checked Mark Zuckerberg's fact-checking announcement. Here's his story for Nieman Labs. "There is so […]
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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 13/12/2024
People often ask me what I think about the philosophical gourmet report (the most well-known ranking of philosophy departments). So, I thought it might be worthwhile to put together some thoughts on it. tldr: They are on the whole negative, but I think some positives get overlooked.
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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/12/2024
Accessible, extremely useful analysis of the Syrian forces that drove out Assad. theconversation.com/assad-leaves-be…
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df.social.dfaria.eu.ap.brid.gy @df.social.dfaria.eu.ap.brid.gy · 08/12/2024
Husserls Philosophy of Mathematical Practice: www.cambridge.org/core/elements/hus…
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Husserl's Philosophy of Mathematical Practice
Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Husserl's Philosophy of Mathematical Practice
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Flipboard News Desk @newsdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/11/2024
"The White House has condemned an incident over the weekend in which a group of masked individuals with Nazi flags marched through the streets of Columbus, Ohio." @abc reports: "'We will not tolerate hate in Ohio,' Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said in a statement on social media Saturday […]
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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 18/11/2024
In principle, I like the idea of having someone else write the abstract. I often think that other people summarize my views better than I do. This case reveals that LLMs are definitely not capable of that. (Maybe they will be one day?) And I can't fathom why they wouldn't run it by the author!
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Justin Weinberg @dailynous.com · 18/11/2024
The Hempel Award recognizes lifetime scholarly achievement in philosophy of science. The 2024 winner is...
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Richard Zach @richardzach.org · 18/11/2024
Bluesky and enshittification by @pluralistic pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-…
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Dimitri Coelho Mollo @dcm.social.sunet.se.ap.brid.gy · 14/11/2024
Any philosophers and/or AI/CS people on Mastodon that are also on Bluesky that could spread the word on Bluesky about this great bridging tool? fed.brid.gy @Gualtiero @raphaelmilliere, perhaps? #BridgyFed #bluesky
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Richard Zach @richardzach.org · 21/10/2024
Assistant Professor (tenure track) in theoretical computer science (esp. complexity) at the University of Calgary, Canada. Deadline is tomorrow but applications accepted until filled. Please boost […]
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Richard Zach @richardzach.org · 21/10/2024
Assistant Professor (tenure track) in theoretical computer science (esp. complexity) at the University of Calgary, Canada. Deadline is tomorrow but applications accepted until filled. Please boost […]
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 20/10/2024
My latest cartoon for New Scientist.
An older scientist stands before a large, complex electronic device. Al young photographer says to him “Congratulations on your successful experiment! I won’t keep you long. We just need a photo for the institute website, a more casual snap for Instagram and a quick dance routine for TikTok.”
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Ross Mounce @rmounce.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2024
Nice to see Cambridge University Press unafraid to advertise & highlight a book that has an open access edition (spotted on p.20 of the LRB, vol. 46, no. 18). The book (Decolonizing the English Literary Curriculum) is available here online & open access […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Photo of a paper copy of an advert in the London Review of Books, placed by Cambridge University Press. Nine different books are highlighted. One of them is indicated as open access.
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