Russian Science Fiction and Fantasy (English translations)

English site: --> http://rusf.ru/english/

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The Old Genie Hottabych...

http://lib.ru/LAGIN/hottabych_engl.txt

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How money moves around thru the banking system...

http://gendal.wordpress.com/2013/11/24/a-simple-explanation-of-how-money-moves-around-the-banking-system/

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Geometry, Space time and ...

Talk by Andreas Beutel, Pythagoras Institute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5dA5eK7ECY

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Folding space-time music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkmPDOq2WfA

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Making music with a Moebius strip

https://www.simonsfoundation.org/multimedia/mathematical-impressions-making-music-with-a-mobius-strip/

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Closing the gaps between primes...

There will be no shortage of primes.... The so-called "prime gap" (between consecutive prime numbers) is now established to be at most 600 (and counting down?)

https://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20131119-together-and-alone-closing-the-prime-gap/

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How did ancient Greek music sound ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24611454

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Desalination - forward osmosis, sunlight

http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/web/2013/11/Sunlight-Helps-Turn-Salty-Water.html

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Misc links to read.

* What is Free Will ? And, does your smart phone have Free Will ?
https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/1e223b77e60

* If you ever want to write a stage play script or screenplay, the tool to use:
http://fountain.io/

* Which 10 corporations control almost everything you buy ?
http://www.policymic.com/articles/71255/10-corporations-control-almost-everything-you-buy-this-chart-shows-how

* What is the "parable of the broken window" or the "broken window fallacy" ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window

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University rankings -- ARWU 2013 (Shanghai rankings)

Academic Rankings:
http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2013.html

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