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I am struck that Jim Simon was interested in minimal surfaces as a young man. I'm finding out that this 1880's discovery of geometric spatial design by a brilliant geometer (like Jim) named Hermann Schwarz has applications in physics as well as the structural and manufacturing domain in which I am applying it.

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what a great style of talking. reading it reminds me of rene goscinni kids books. minds that can handle great complexity are also able to speak in the simplest way, awesome

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