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June 2, 2023In 1700 a mathematician submitted a paper to the Royal Society in which he attempted to calculate, amongst other things, the rate at which oral testimony (that is, memory) decayed...
March 9, 2023Walkelin, the norman bishop of Winchester, had a problem. He needed more wood for his new cathedral, which was being built on unpromisingly marshy ground a little way from the...
