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R. C. Richardson, emeritus professor of history, University of Winchester, has been reading Richard Chenevix Trench’s On 바카라사이트 Study of Words and English Past and Present (Dent, 1936). “Revisiting this text for me is almost an act of piety, since its contents were first delivered as lectures in 바카라사이트 1850s at what is now 바카라사이트 University of Winchester. More broadly, Trench’s writings were landmarks in 바카라사이트 popularisation in England of philology and lexicography and formed 바카라사이트 inspiration and foundation stone of what eventually became 바카라사이트 Oxford English Dictionary.棰
Jeremy Singer, lecturer in computing science, University of Glasgow, is reading Sydney Padua’s Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage (Particular Books, 2015). “Ada Lovelace is portrayed as a hybrid of Wonder Woman and Minnie 바카라사이트 Minx. These enchanting comic strips record her (mostly imaginary) adventures with Charles Babbage in 바카라사이트 era of mechanical computing. The (largely factual) quirky footnotes offer an outstanding commentary on 바카라사이트 history and philosophy of computation. Nominated for several awards, and an excellent distraction from my exam marking.棰
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