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Gregory Chaitin is an Argentine-American mathematician, computer scientist, and philosopher known for his work in the fields of algorithmic information theory and mathematical logic. He is particularly recognized for his contributions to the concept of algorithmic randomness and for introducing Chaitin's constant, which is a real number that represents the halting probability of a universal computer program.
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Josef Čapek (1887–1945) was a Czech painter, graphic artist, and writer, best known for his contributions to modern art and literature. He was the brother of the famous writer Karel Čapek, who is known for his works in science fiction and for coining the term "robot." Josef Čapek was involved in various artistic fields, including painting, illustration, and design.
Short Weather Cipher is a type of simple substitution cipher used historically for encoding messages in a way that could be easily transmitted over radio or written in brief forms. It was particularly popular in maritime and military communications where brevity and clarity were essential. In this cipher, code words or short phrases are used to represent specific weather conditions, orders, or other standard messages. For example, a particular code might represent "heavy rain," while another might indicate "clear skies.
Johannes Martin Bijvoet (1894-1971) was a Dutch chemist known for his significant contributions to the field of crystallography, particularly in the development of methods to determine the structure of complex organic molecules. He is perhaps best known for his work in X-ray crystallography and for his contributions to the study of stereochemistry, including the Bijvoet polymorph, which is a type of crystalline form related to the study of molecular chirality.
Johann Reinhard Blum was a notable German painter and graphic artist, born in 1803 and active in the 19th century. He is primarily known for his landscapes and historical scenes, typical of the Romantic style prevalent during that time. Blum's works often reflect a deep appreciation for nature, emotional depth, and an interest in depicting the sublime aspects of the environment.
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The Astronomers Monument, also known as the Aitken Astronomical Monument, is a monument located in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California. It was erected in 1934 to honor the contributions of various astronomers who made significant advancements in the field of astronomy. The monument features a pedestal topped with a globe, surrounded by sculptures representing prominent astronomers, including Galileo, Copernicus, and Kepler, among others.
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"Alternate Presidents" is a television series created by the streaming service HBO Max (now part of Max) that explores hypothetical scenarios in U.S. history, focusing on alternate outcomes of presidential elections and the impact that different leaders might have had on the nation. The show features various historical figures as they navigate political landscapes with a twist, providing a unique take on well-known events and decisions.

Pinned article: Introduction to the OurBigBook Project

Welcome to the OurBigBook Project! Our goal is to create the perfect publishing platform for STEM subjects, and get university-level students to write the best free STEM tutorials ever.
Everyone is welcome to create an account and play with the site: ourbigbook.com/go/register. We belive that students themselves can write amazing tutorials, but teachers are welcome too. You can write about anything you want, it doesn't have to be STEM or even educational. Silly test content is very welcome and you won't be penalized in any way. Just keep it legal!
We have two killer features:
  1. topics: topics group articles by different users with the same title, e.g. here is the topic for the "Fundamental Theorem of Calculus" ourbigbook.com/go/topic/fundamental-theorem-of-calculus
    Articles of different users are sorted by upvote within each article page. This feature is a bit like:
    • a Wikipedia where each user can have their own version of each article
    • a Q&A website like Stack Overflow, where multiple people can give their views on a given topic, and the best ones are sorted by upvote. Except you don't need to wait for someone to ask first, and any topic goes, no matter how narrow or broad
    This feature makes it possible for readers to find better explanations of any topic created by other writers. And it allows writers to create an explanation in a place that readers might actually find it.
    Figure 1.
    Screenshot of the "Derivative" topic page
    . View it live at: ourbigbook.com/go/topic/derivative
  2. local editing: you can store all your personal knowledge base content locally in a plaintext markup format that can be edited locally and published either:
    This way you can be sure that even if OurBigBook.com were to go down one day (which we have no plans to do as it is quite cheap to host!), your content will still be perfectly readable as a static site.
    Figure 2.
    You can publish local OurBigBook lightweight markup files to either https://OurBigBook.com or as a static website
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    Figure 3.
    Visual Studio Code extension installation
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    Figure 4.
    Visual Studio Code extension tree navigation
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    Figure 5.
    Web editor
    . You can also edit articles on the Web editor without installing anything locally.
    Video 3.
    Edit locally and publish demo
    . Source. This shows editing OurBigBook Markup and publishing it using the Visual Studio Code extension.
    Video 4.
    OurBigBook Visual Studio Code extension editing and navigation demo
    . Source.
  3. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ourbigbook/ourbigbook-media/master/feature/x/hilbert-space-arrow.png
  4. Infinitely deep tables of contents:
    Figure 6.
    Dynamic article tree with infinitely deep table of contents
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    Descendant pages can also show up as toplevel e.g.: ourbigbook.com/cirosantilli/chordate-subclade
All our software is open source and hosted at: github.com/ourbigbook/ourbigbook
Further documentation can be found at: docs.ourbigbook.com
Feel free to reach our to us for any help or suggestions: docs.ourbigbook.com/#contact