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...Magic of Numbers actually involves math...
...imagining it as extraordinary. THC: When you write fantasy and you ask us to suspend disbelief, how do you know the limit? MR: It should be credible, and I tried very hard to make at least the possibility of its existence seem real. For example, for Astrophil [a mechanical, magic tin spider that is Petra’s constant companion], I mention how metal amplifies sound, so that Astrophil can actually speak and even shout. He also eats oil. When you are “world building,” people will oftentimes judge how well you built your world...
...doing one of the Harvard break dancing group on campus,” Arshad said. “It was probably the best paper I’ve written in my life.”Another popular class taught by Mitchell is entitled “Witchcraft and Charm Magic.”“There is now an Idiot’s Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft,” Mitchell said. “That’s how you know it’s come of age in pop culture.”MYTHIC EXPANSIONThe Folk...
...reality? Elaine Sciolino, a New York Times reporter covering the event, wrote, “By the time the roasted figs, the wine-macerated prunes, the chocolate mousse and the Earl Grey sorbet arrived in the private dining room of Guy Savoy...men were in deep discussion about the magic of their country’s cuisine...
...research efforts.“What worries me about some of the public statements by Prof. Fryer is the kind of sloppy over-generalizations, lack of attentiveness to other research, and confidence that he can understand the core of all problems better than anyone else because he understands the magic of the market and the equations economists use to describe it,” said Orfield, a renowned expert on civil rights and education who left Harvard in 2006. “Arrogance combined with disdain for other knowledge and experience do not work well.” Still, other...