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Roger Camp of Seal Beach, Calif., is a poet, blues pianist, photographer and orchid enthusiast. When he’s not at home, he’s photographing in the Old World. His work has appeared in Spillway, Slant, ...

Robert Ghrist is a mathematician at the University of Pennsylvania. He works in applied algebraic topology and creates animations and visualizations of mathematics.

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Charles H. Bennett and Gilles Brassard, winners of this year’s Turing Award, spent their lives touting the advantages of the ...

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