How Math Books Are Like Poetry Books

If you pick up a textbook on poetry and thumb the pages, you will see poems interspersed between explanations, explanations that English professors will call prose. Prose differs from poetry in that it is a major subcategory of how language is used. Prose encompasses all the normal uses: novels, texts, newspapers, magazines, letter writing, and such. But poetry is different! Poetry is a highly charged telescopic (and sometimes rhythmic) use of the English language, which is employed to simul...

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Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket, a thumb to suck, a skirt to hold. What does the scientist have to offer in exchange? Uncertainty! Insecurity!

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Typical Month of Onset Gross Motor Skill 1-2 Holds head erect and steady 2-3 Lifts head and chest with arm support on tummy  Sits with support  3-4 Rolls tummy to back  6-7 Rolls back to tummy  6-8 Sits alone  8-9 Pulls to stand  9 Crawls  9-10 Walks with handholds ("cruises")  11-12 Stands Alone 12-13 Walks alone Typical Month of Onset Fine Motor Skill birth Reflexive grasp 1-3 Pre-reaching (ineffective)  3 Voluntary grasp  4-5 Successful reach and grasp  6-7 Controlled reach ...