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Book by

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Narrative device by

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Basically a synonym of trope, but without the negative connotation.

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Trope by

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A recurring narrative device, i.e. a cliche that has been used endless across stories.

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Figure of speech by

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Lingua franca by

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See also: having more than one natural language is bad for the world.

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Natural language by

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When talking in the context of programming languages, natural language is the non-computer one.

Remember: having more than one natural language is bad for the world.

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Writing system by

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List of languages by

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Remember: having more than one natural language is bad for the world.

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Science makes progress funeral by funeral by

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quoteinvestigator.com/2017/09/25/progress/ on Quote Investigator.

From Scientific Autobiography by Max Planck translated by Frank Gaynor (1949):

A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.

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How Math works by SMBC Comics
. Source. An amazing representation of Science makes progress funeral by funeral. Steps:
Step 1: Insight
Step 2: Resistance
Step 3: Debate
Step 4: Additional decades of debate
Step 5: Changing of the guard
Step 6: Transmission to students

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Web of Stories by

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www.youtube.com/user/webofstories

Full channel title: "Web of Stories - Life Stories of Remarkable People".

1-2 to hour long interviews, the number of Nobel Prize winners is off-the-charts. The videos have transcripts on the description!

TODO what is their affiliation/who is behind it? There is nothing on the website.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_of_Stories small wiki with almost no citations.

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Point (geometry) by

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Projective geometry by

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A polygon is a 2-dimensional polytope, polyhedra is a 3-dimensional polytope.

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Differential geometry by

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Bibliography:

maths-people.anu.edu.au/~andrews/DG/ Lectures on Differential Geometry by Ben Andrews

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