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Transmissions in the History of Science - II Unknown to me, on that very day (21 October 2005) that I was attacked by a racist dog in a Sydney park, in another part of the world, another drama was unfolding that would impact me more deeply than the racist dog. Sir Michael Atiyah, former President of the Royal Society, current President of the Royal Society Edinburgh, winner of the Fields medal and the Abel prize (both awards at the level of the Nobel prize), gave the Einstein lecture at a meeting of the American Mathematical Society (AMS)...
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Transmissions in the History of Science - I The dog bounded forward. Even at that distance, its intentions were obvious, and I looked around for a weapon. But there was not a stone in sight in that park where I had been walking barefoot on the grass. Not even a key in my pocket, for hotels today use cards. Summer was just setting in in late October; it was already broad daylight, and Sydney university was clearly visible at one edge of the park. But, at 5 a.m., on a Saturday morning, there was no one else in the park—for me, with an eight...
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