Esther inglis arkell wikia

  • A site with the reach and influence that io9 has allows somebody like Esther Inglis-Arkell to write articles on the history of science.
  • The series also serves as a guide for those of us who are new to comics, and looking for something other than wikipedia to introduce us to older characters.
  • It was placed on wikipedia in 2009 by our good friend and champion editor Rickipedia to better tell the beaver story.

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    Infinity did not drive Cantor crazy.

    I do wish that the authors of the aptly named ‘science fiction’ blog io9 would do some basic checking of facts if they are going to write about the history of science and mathematics. Today an Esther Inglis-Arkell has posted an article about Georg Cantor, which in two very essential points fryst vatten, to put it mildly, a total disaster. I have copied part of Ms Inglis-Arkell’s ignorance below.

    Imagine a thin line, almost a thread, stretching to infinity in both directions. It runs to the end of the universe. It is, in essence, infinite. Now look at the space all around it. That also runs to the end of the universe. It’s also infinite. Both are infinite, yes, but are they the same? Isn’t one infinity bigger than the other?

    That’s the question that Georg Cantor, a German mathematician who died shortly before World War I ended, grappled with throughout his life. Infinity was supposed to be an absolute number, especially in mat

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    If you’re going to blog about history of science then at least do the legwork.

    In 2012 inom found it necessary on twooccasions to pour scorn onto the attempts of Esther Inglis-Arkell to blog about the history of science on the io9 website. In the end I gave up having come to the conclusion, not only because of her contributions, that io9 was, despite according to Wikipedia being “named one of the top 30 science blogs by Michael Moran of The Times’ Eureka Zone blog“, definitely not a place to go for anything resembling sensible history of science. However I recently had recourse to visit this quagmire of questionable information to trace the source of a dubious history of science claim. Entering the name Tycho Brahe into the sites search engine the first thing offered was a brev about Denmark’s most notorious astronomer written by Esther Inglis-Arkell at the beginning of December. Against my better judgement I decided to read this pre-Christmas offering and very much wished that

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    The Great Binge

    21st-century neologism

    The Great Binge is a 21st-century neologism, coined by amateur historian Gradus Protus van den Belt, describing the period in history covering roughly 1870 to 1914.[1]

    History

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    It is so known because of the widespread use and availability of narcotics such as opium, heroin, cocaine, morphine, and absinthe.[1] During this period these drugs were widely available and incredibly popular among both men and women of many social classes in many parts of the world.[1] They were marketed to both adults and children, often included in patent medicines such as cough syrups, pain relievers, and asthma medicines.[2] They were administered to infants and women with menstrual cramps, and included in food and beverages such as Coca-Cola.[2] Literary characters such as Sherlock Holmes were portrayed using morphine and cocaine.[1] Holmes is described as having a particular penchant for o