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Slow cycling [Numbers Don't Lie]

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2 Published in 2017 at "IEEE Spectrum"

DOI: 10.1109/mspec.2017.7934224

Abstract: Some technical advances are delayed by either a failure of imagination or a concatenation of obstructive circumstances. I can think of no better example of both of these than the bicycle. . Two centuries ago,… read more here.

Keywords: slow cycling; numbers lie; cycling numbers;

Transformers, the unsung technology [Numbers Don't Lie]

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1 Published in 2017 at "IEEE Spectrum"

DOI: 10.1109/mspec.2017.8000285

Abstract: Ihave always disliked exaggerated claims of imminent scientific and technical breakthroughs, like inexpensive fusion, cheap supersonic travel, and the terraforming of other planets. But I am fond of the simple devices that do so much… read more here.

Keywords: numbers lie; transformers unsung; technology numbers; unsung technology ... See more keywords

Crossing the atlantic [Numbers Don't Lie]

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1 Published in 2018 at "IEEE Spectrum"

DOI: 10.1109/mspec.2018.8322042

Abstract: COMMERCIAL SAILING SHIPS had long taken three, sometimes four weeks to make the eastbound crossing of the Atlantic; the westbound route, against the wind, usually took six weeks. The first steamship made the eastward crossing… read more here.

Keywords: crossing atlantic; atlantic numbers; numbers lie;