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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Cadmus — brief overview

The Cadmus myth is absolutely central to this class, and we will be reading extensive accounts of that myth soon. In the meantime, here is a brief overview from Wikipedia. The Cadmus myth has nearly all of the elements we keep seeing over and over in this course: writing technology, parthenogenesis, teeth, dragons, paternal […]

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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Vampires are Mathematically Impossible

You know something’s up in our culture when two physicists try to use their math skills to demonstrate that Vampires don’t exist.
Ghosts, Vampires, and Zombies
Two physicists examine certain features of popular myths regarding ghosts, vampires, and zombies as they appear in film and folklore.
COSTAS J. EFTHIMIOU and SOHANG GANDHI
For many people, ghosts, […]

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