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    Books on the philosophy of math

    Possibly helpful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationship_between_mathematics_and_physics The Applicability of Mathematics in Physics https://iep.utm.edu/app-math-physics/ https://mathoverflow.net/questions/298749/contemporary-philosophy-of-mathematics Feynman: Mathematicians versus...
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    Cover songs versus the original track, which ones are better?

    Some interesting guitar styles performed in the Shorts by Johannes Persson . @98joh09 - The Tornado Of Souls solo in the style of 9 legendary guitarists (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_of_Souls Megadeth Tornado of Souls: #760 #1046 ) @98joh09 - Sultans of Swing solo in the style of 7...
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    History Biographies, History, Philosophy of Physics

    Some interesting interviews (AIP Oral History Interviews (OHI)) of some relativity professors: Malament, David on 2026 February 11 and 12. https://repository.aip.org/node/151302 Ashtekar, Abhay on 2021 February 3. https://repository.aip.org/node/129577 Wald, Robert M. on 2020 October 7...
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    Cover songs versus the original track, which ones are better?

    In an alternate universe, Megadeth's Rust in Peace (1990) would have been released with Chris Poland instead of Marty Friedman ( who joined after Chris Poland did not rejoin Megadeth ). (update) Chris Poland-Peace Sells' Solos (1986) (Apr 2026) Chris Poland Interview: Why Rejoining Megadeth...
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    Undergrad A Very Gentle Approach to Thinking About Hyperspheres

    desmos.com/3d/ky3el7b8v7
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    Undergrad A Very Gentle Approach to Thinking About Hyperspheres

    Possibly related and interesting: 3Blue1Brown (YouTube) - Thinking outside the 10-dimensional box 3Blue1Brown (YouTube) - The most beautiful formula not enough people understand Stanford Math (YouTube) - Who cares about high-dimensional spheres? - Grant Sanderson (3Blue1Brown)
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    History Biographies, History, Philosophy of Physics

    Possibly useful, especially when further updated later: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_theory_of_relativity#A_Hundred_Authors_Against_Einstein https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kritik_an_der_Relativit%C3%A4tstheorie#Hundert_Autoren_gegen_Einstein
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    History Biographies, History, Philosophy of Physics

    Um...., In your post, you just posted a broken link to something (I don't know what "It" is), followed by a translation of the original book--- not "a translation of a review or comments on it". So, I posted a link to a copy of the original book in its original language.
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    History Biographies, History, Philosophy of Physics

    https://archive.org/search?query=%22Hundert+Autoren+Gegen+Einstein%22 and, possibly useful, see the discussion here: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/looking-for-an-english-translation-of-levi-civitas-1926-paper-sur-lecart-geodesique-on-the-geodesic-deviation.1084982/post-7308862
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    History Biographies, History, Philosophy of Physics

    https://skepticalinquirer.org/2020/11/100-authors-against-einstein-a-look-in-the-rearview-mirror/
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    History Biographies, History, Philosophy of Physics

    Possibly interesting reading: https://www.amazon.com/One-Hundred-Authors-Against-Einstein/dp/B09PHH7KC8?tag=pfamazon01-20
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    History Biographies, History, Philosophy of Physics

    This could be a useful assignment to identify where Dingle went wrong.
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    Most Hard-Driving Music?

    Since Megadeth is on its farewell tour, this recent interview might be of interest in this thread... https://loudwire.com/dave-mustaine-influenced-every-big-4-thrash-band/ ENTREVISTA - DAVE MUSTAINE (MEGADETH) ( &t=5m50s talks about the Big 4 and Big 8 of Thrash Metal ) and here is my...
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    High School Looking for an English translation of Levi-Civita's 1926 paper "Sur l'écart géodésique" ("On the geodesic deviation")

    That is the full prompt to GeminiPro that preceded the output I presented (as low-res captures). That prompt came after a sequence of prompts: The first attempt was "Translate to English, together with typeset equations, into a pdf." which was good... but only produced 4 pages, but did not...
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    High School Looking for an English translation of Levi-Civita's 1926 paper "Sur l'écart géodésique" ("On the geodesic deviation")

    I subscribe to Gemini Pro. What I had posted in my reply is what I had tried, Here are low-resolution images of some of the output.