KdK part 4: Carrière's amazing experiment

Spark gaps, smoked disks, sonic booms, and a guillotine

Jan 3 • Neal Stephenson

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December 2025

KdK part 3: Kucharski and the Knickstelle

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Dec 31, 2025 • Neal Stephenson

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KdK part 2: a medical mystery from postwar Germany

Shortly after the end of the Second World War, a German man visited his eye doctor complaining of “floaters” — little specks drifting around in his…

Dec 28, 2025 • Neal Stephenson

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KdK (Kinetik der Kontinua) part 1: Introduction

Whips, chains, and their possible relevance to space launch

Dec 28, 2025 • Neal Stephenson

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November 2025

A Remarkable Assertion from A16Z

A friend made me aware of a reading list from A16Z containing recommendations for books, weighted towards science fiction since that’s mostly what…

Nov 28, 2025 • Neal Stephenson

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October 2025

What I've been up to

66th birthday edition

Oct 31, 2025 • Neal Stephenson

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August 2025

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Emerson, AI, and The Force

Notes from the Laude Institute Summit

Jul 3, 2025 • Neal Stephenson

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February 2025

The Wrongs of Thomas More (Wrong 5)

A lengthy digression into the life of a saint

Feb 24, 2025 • Neal Stephenson

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The OED on Wrong (Wrong 4)

Delving into the history of a tricky word

Feb 3, 2025 • Neal Stephenson

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