Ivar Hagendoorn

Ivar Hagendoorn

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Further Reading

A conversation with Jürgen Habermas. A promising idea in complexity theory. The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art houses one of the world's greatest unseen collections of modern art. The average walking times between central London's Tube stations. René Girard has passed away. And more.
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Further Reading

Richard Feynman's Lectures on Physics. Karl Ove Knausgård on the role of editors and the practice of writing. Angus Deaton Nobel Prize in economics. A brief introduction to the history and mathematics of labyrinths. Yale University has put 170,000 photos of the US from 1935 to 1945 online. And more.
The Great Beauty
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The Great Beauty

"La Grande Bellezza" (The Great Beauty) is one of those films that I want to watch again and again because of its beautiful cinematography and its memorable monologues and dialogues not to mention the beautiful soundtrack.
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Further Reading

Social networks can create the illusion that something is common when it is actually rare. Yale University will receive 136.20 euros in interest on a perpetual bond issued in 1648 from a Dutch water authority. The Mouse of Wall Street. Duration of urination. Oliver Sacks has passed away. And more.
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Further Reading

John Conway’s life in games. What happens to your checked luggage. Obituary for John Holland. Ten reforms the Troika would impose on Germany. Mathematicians have discovered a new type of pentagon that can tile the plane. Fifty psychological and psychiatric terms to avoid. Earth view. And more.
Vallée Blanche
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Vallée Blanche

I had read somewhere that the Vallée Blanche Traverse is one of the most spectacular day hikes in the Chamonix area or indeed anywhere in the world. And spectacular it is.
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Further Reading

Interview with Alvin Roth on matching theory. A debate on effective altruism. The LHCb Experiment at CERN discovers a new type of particle made up of 5 quarks. Kim Kardashian explains why marginal propensity to consume decreases as income rises. FAO Schwarz is closing. And more.