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Since when and why do some academic publishers use, prefer or enforce endnotes instead of footnotes
When reading academic books of a certain size the usage of endnotes in those is killing me and my productivity. That is practically part of the definition:
Footnotes are notes at the foot of the ...
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When was the last book containing a table of logarithms was published? [closed]
My question is when the last book containing a table of logarithms was published. For example, I know that the CRC Standard Mathematical Tables doesn't contain the logarithmic tables any more, but ...
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What corrections did the Catholic church make to the Copernicus work "De revolutionibus"?
Catholic encyclopedia says:
On 5 March, 1616, the work of Copernicus was forbidden by the Congregation of the Index "until corrected", and in 1620 these corrections were indicated. Nine sentences, ...
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