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Simon Rose

@charlesflorian

I like math. I like climbing. Not always in that order. He/Him

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“Throughout this book ‘z’ is pronounced ‘zed’.” — Quantum Computation and Quantum Information, Michael A. Nielsen & Isaac L. Chuang

Haggard Hawks 🦅📚 Words | Language | Etymology (@haggardhawks) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The colour AZURE takes its name from the Persian word ‘lazward’. The initial L disappeared because English adopted the word via French, and omitted it thinking it was the French definite article, l’. The L remains in place in LAPIS LAZULI—which literally means ‘stone of azure’.

The colour AZURE takes its name from the Persian word ‘lazward’. The initial L disappeared because English adopted the word via French, and omitted it thinking it was the French definite article, l’. The L remains in place in LAPIS LAZULI—which literally means ‘stone of azure’.
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I have a picture from my first field season in 2003 that I'd love to share, but it's in a BOX in the basement of my building, because it's a PRINTED photo that was taken with a FILM camera. Lots changes in 20 years, and grad student stipends need to as well. #SupportOurScience