Editing can be a slow process. A new study suggests that a famous novel published three centuries ago could and should be edited to correct a calculation error. The study is: “Physiological Essay on Gulliver’s Travels: A Correction After Three Centuries,” Toshio Kuroki, The Journal of Physiological Sciences, epub 2019. (Thanks to Mark Dionne for […]
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Correcting the speed of light
Greg Ross reports, on the Futility Closet blog: “Light crosses space with the prodigious velocity of 6,000 leagues per second.” – La Science Populaire, April 28, 1881 “A typographical error slipped into our last issue that it is important to correct: the speed of light is 76,000 leagues per hour — and not 6,000.” – […]