Category: Personal Musings
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From the Height of the Pacific to the Depths of Everest
Earth may not be flat, but it is smoother than a billiard ball. I’ll justify that sentence in a bit, but first, I want to tell you a story involving Kansas, my grandmother, topography, and the Mariana Trench. My maternal grandmother died last summer. She deserves a full tribute from me at another time, but…
Galileo's Pendulum 