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#photolog: Equals

May 16, 2025 1 min read photolog

Big Data for the Leviathan Tom Johnson quotes the early modern mathematicians Robert Recorde and John Wallis, and remarks on Wallis's invention of the lemniscate symbol to denote infin- ity (LRB, 24 October). Recorde had a far greater influence on the way we write math- ematics: his book The Whetstone of Witte (I557) introduced the = symbol for equal- ity, with the rationale that ' noe 2 thynges can be moare equalle' than a pair of par- allel lines. The book is also notable as the first in English to use the modern plus and minus signs. (Recorde also coined the term zenzizenzizenzic to mean an eighth power which survives today as the solitary entry in the OED with six 'z's.) Artie Prendergast-Smith Loughborough — The moare you know

#photolog: Schnitzel

May 10, 2025 1 min read photolog

A few little Schnitzels on a white plate with a piece of lemon and a little container of cranberries — Snack

#photolog: Pasta

May 4, 2025 1 min read photolog

Tomatoes, garlic and spaghetti in a blue dish — A lil pasta

#photolog: Easter Sunday

Apr 20, 2025 1 min read photolog

A table with a biscuit egg that says "Richard", a cracked real egg and a napkin. — Easter Sunday

#photolog: Easter Saturday

Apr 19, 2025 1 min read photolog

Assorted meats and cold cuts on a table, decorated with easter paraphernalia — Easter Saturday