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A BEAUTIFUL MATH

Shortly after 9/11, a Russian scientist named Dmitri Gusev proposed
an explanation for the origin of the name Al Qaeda. He
suggested that the terrorist organization took its name from Isaac
Asimov’s famous 1950s science fiction novels known as the Foundation
Trilogy. After all, he reasoned, the Arabic word “qaeda”
means something like “base” or “foundation.” And the first novel in
Asimov’s trilogy, Foundation, apparently was titled “al-Qaida” in an
Arabic translation.

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Utopia
More, Thomas

The title De optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia literally translates, "Of a republic's best state and of the new island Utopia". It is variously rendered On the Best State of a Republic and on the New Island of Utopia, Concerning the Highest State of the Republic and the New Island Utopia, On the Best State of a Commonwealth and on the New Island of Utopia, Concerning the Best Condition of the Commonwealth and the New Island of Utopia, On the Best Kind of a Republic and About the New Island of Utopia, About the Best State of a Commonwealth and the New Island of Utopia, etc. The original name was even longer: Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia. This translates, "A truly golden little book, no less beneficial than entertaining, of a republic's best state and of the new island Utopia".

Published: 1515
Type(s): Non-Fiction, Philosophy
Source: http://en.wikisource.org

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