Dead Reckonings

"Civilisation loses its treasures by an unconscious process. It has lost them before it has appreciated that they were in the way of being lost; and when I say 'its treasures' I mean the special discoveries and crafts of mankind."

            Hilaire Belloc (1940)

This journal attempts to capture in brief essays my encounters with the technically elegant but nearly forgotten in the mathematical sciences--artistically creative works that can take our breath away with their brilliance. Please click on the About link above for more details.

My Personal Website is at www.myreckonings.com. There is also a related Lost Art in the Mathematical Sciences Forum. Please visit and participate here.

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-- Ron Doerfler  

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July 25, 2008: After a hiatus to compete my Plans Unfolding software project, I'm now gathering materials for a new essay. The topic will be most likely be early methods of calculating high-precision tables of logarithms. --- Ron