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Eric Carle, author and artist behind 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar,' dies at 91

First book I learned how to read as a toddler. I memorized the words and pretended to read it, which is still my technique.

RIP. Read that to my kids so many times.

The Dutch astronomer Kees de Jager died yesterday.

Quote:

I measured the diameters of my bike's: -pedals, symbolizing the forward-going dynamics; -front wheel, which directs my ways into the unknown future; -lamp, enlightening my paths; -bell, though which I communicate with encounters. Thus I laid the building stones for a new holistic four-dimensional religion apt to the coming of the New Age of Aquarius: cyclosophy. The measurements were expressed in Holy Bike inches, being 17mm. This is so since 1 is the first prime number and 17 the seventh, and because seven is the holy number. Calling P, W, L and B the four measured quantities, it turns out that P ^ 2 √ L x W = 1823 which is the ratio between the masses of the proton and the electron ... Coincidences occur regularly in numerical experiments, as in daily life ... are not rare ... Most people greatly underestimate the enormous amount of possible combinations between numbers. Adventures in Science and Cyclosophy.

Rip, I had never heard of him but that sounds like an article I'd enjoy reading

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Joel Chadabe
sad to hear of his passing.
smart, kind and very knowledgeable composer.