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Very early Canaanite word of the day: /t͡sōpir/ (“scribe” – the word later appearing in Hebrew as sōfēr - directly attested in 15th century BCE Egyptian "group writing" transcription, probably to be read as ṯu-pi-r).

Note the use of Egyptian ṯ - a "tch" sound - to render what was at the time a [t͡s] in Canaanite (the samekh sound later lost its affrication in many Semitic languages, including Hebrew).

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Fenoulhet, J., & Gilbert, L. (Eds.). (2016). Narratives of Low Countries History and Culture: Reframing the Past. UCL Press. uclpress.co.uk/products/83556 @histodon @histodons @bookstodon (11)

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Marjanen, J., Strang, J. & Hilson, M. (2022). Contesting Nordicness: From Scandinavianism to the Nordic Brand. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg. doi.org/10.1515/9783110730104 @histodon @histodons @bookstodon (10)

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Rebecca Sear (2021) Demography and the rise, apparent fall, and resurgence of eugenics, Population Studies, 75:sup1, 201-220, DOI: doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2021. @science

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Mikuláš Teich. (2015). The scientific revolution revisited. Open Book Publishers. DOI: doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0054 (9)

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: is it called a or a ?

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Simion, M. (2023). Knowledge and Disinformation. Episteme, 1-12. doi: doi.org/10.1017/epi.2023.25 @philosophy

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Keum, T. (2023). Are Plato's Myths Philosophical? Think, 22(64), 39-43. doi: doi.org/10.1017/S1477175623000 @philosophy

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Poetry and Number in Graeco-Roman Antiquity 

Leventhal, M. (2022). Poetry and Number in Graeco-Roman Antiquity (Cambridge Classical Studies). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: doi.org/10.1017/9781009127295 (8)

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The Writing Culture of Ancient Dadān. 

Kootstra, F. (22 Dec. 2022). The Writing Culture of Ancient Dadān. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. doi.org/10.1163/9789004512634 (7)

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Book: A history of English. 

Hejná, Míša & Walkden, George. 2022. A history of English. (Textbooks in Language Sciences 9). Berlin: Language Science Press. DOI: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6560336 (6)

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RNA, the Epicenter of Genetic Information 

Mattick, J., & Amaral, P. (2022). RNA, the Epicenter of Genetic Information (1st ed.). CRC Press. doi.org/10.1201/9781003109242 (5)

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The Spectral Arctic: A History of Dreams and Ghosts in Polar Exploration 

"The Spectral Arctic re-thinks our understanding of Arctic exploration by paying attention to the importance of dreams and ghosts in the quest for the Northwest Passage." uclpress.co.uk/products/107752 (4)

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An Exchange Rate History of the United Kingdom: 1945–1992 

Naef, A. (2022). An Exchange Rate History of the United Kingdom: 1945–1992 (Studies in Macroeconomic History). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: doi.org/10.1017/9781108878333 (3)

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Women in the History of Science: A sourcebook. 

"this book is an invaluable companion to students and lecturers alike in exploring women’s history in the fields of science, technology, mathematics, medicine and culture." uclpress.co.uk/products/211143 (2)

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Sometimes a precisely defined mathematical concept can be in complete opposition to its colloquial meaning. I encountered this recently with the concept of two objects being incomparable. Mathematically, this means that neither object is greater than or equal to the other (with respect to some ambient partial ordering); however colloquially it is often taken to mean that one object is far greater than the other, which is almost the opposite meaning.

Another example I know of: if something is colloquially said to be "generally true" (i.e., true with only a few exceptions), then mathematically it will not be true in general (since "true in general" indicates that there are no exceptions whatsoever).

Are there other examples where the mathematical usage of a term is not merely different or orthogonal to the colloquiual usage, but is actually closer to being an antonym of that usage?

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Treatise on rhetoric, literally translated from the Greek, with an analysis by Thomas Hobbes, and a series of questions. New ed., to which is added a supplementary analysis containing the Greek definitions. Also, The poetic of Aristotle, literally translated, with a selection of notes, an analysis, and questions : Aristotle : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive archive.org/details/treatiseon ~via @internetarchive @bookstodon @philosophy

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World History Encyclopedia

The Puritans who settled New England claimed they came to the New World for religious freedom but, once settled, made it clear that this freedom was for themselves only and dissent would not be tolerated. worldhistory.org/article/1665/ #History #AntinomianControversy #JohnWinthrop #ProvidenceColony

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Leonardo da Vinci wrote these great fables medievalists.net/2023/07/leona #literature #medieval #Renaissance

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