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IT relies too much on dreary, evolutionary gradualism rather than on the exciting Kuhnian discontinuities that spell revolution and paradigm shifts. I have no qualms about Creeger\u2019s observation that the marketeers, both commercial and academic (if such categories can be distinguished in these pursy PC times), are fond of paint jobs - coloring the most modest upgrades with claims of major, must-have breakthroughs. This is an ancient and, alas, effective promotional ploy in other trades. 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The book ranges over the six disciplines \"the X of Y \" where X and Y are distinct members of the enumeration (science history philosophy). Summarized on a car-bumper sticker as \"Shift Happens!\"  Kuhn T. S. 1962 1970 1996. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. University of Chicago Press. The book ranges over the six disciplines \"the X of Y \" where X and Y are distinct members of the enumeration (science history philosophy). Summarized on a car-bumper sticker as \"Shift Happens!\""},{"key":"e_1_2_1_3_1","unstructured":"Lerer S. History of the English Language. Audio-lectures: The Teaching Company.  Lerer S. History of the English Language. Audio-lectures: The Teaching Company."},{"key":"e_1_2_1_4_1","unstructured":"I deliberately omit the usual defining tag \"author of Lolita \" since his other lesser-known 16 novels are equally rewarding.  I deliberately omit the usual defining tag \"author of Lolita \" since his other lesser-known 16 novels are equally rewarding."},{"key":"e_1_2_1_5_1","unstructured":"Volvere being a verb of the class 3 conjugation the first-person active turns out to be volvo. Thus that safest of soccer-mom vehicles could be translated as \"I roll over.\" Readers will no doubt deluge me with their favorite examples of ill-named-for-export models.  Volvere being a verb of the class 3 conjugation the first-person active turns out to be volvo. Thus that safest of soccer-mom vehicles could be translated as \"I roll over.\" Readers will no doubt deluge me with their favorite examples of ill-named-for-export models."},{"key":"e_1_2_1_6_1","unstructured":"Note the delightful ambiguity in the adjective \"undoable.\" In one sense the UNdoable action X is not doable (i.e. cannot be performed). In the other sense the doable action X once done may then be UNDOable (i.e. UNDO will restore the system to its pre-X state). In classical mechanics it all depends on whether the set of all transformations Ut(s) -&gt; S (from one state to another) is a mere semi-group (with Ut1+t2 = Ut1Ut2) or whether Ut is 1-1 and onto S when we can also have \"reversibility\" with an inverse U-t for each Ut (with UtU-t = I the identity) which allows us to expand U into a full group. For any state s{t} we could in theory keep UNDOING right back to the initial state s{0} (e.g. the Big Bang). Don't try this on your home PC.  Note the delightful ambiguity in the adjective \"undoable.\" In one sense the UNdoable action X is not doable (i.e. cannot be performed). In the other sense the doable action X once done may then be UNDOable (i.e. UNDO will restore the system to its pre-X state). In classical mechanics it all depends on whether the set of all transformations Ut(s) -&gt; S (from one state to another) is a mere semi-group (with Ut1+t2 = Ut1Ut2) or whether Ut is 1-1 and onto S when we can also have \"reversibility\" with an inverse U-t for each Ut (with UtU-t = I the identity) which allows us to expand U into a full group. For any state s{t} we could in theory keep UNDOING right back to the initial state s{0} (e.g. the Big Bang). Don't try this on your home PC."},{"key":"e_1_2_1_7_1","unstructured":"See  Reference 1.  See Reference 1."},{"key":"e_1_2_1_8_1","unstructured":"Older revolutionaries will detect my reference to the staid Victorian English version of the French song \"L'Internationale\" (words Pottier; music Degeyter) later to become the official Soviet anthem. Billy Bragg's translation is only marginally more singable: \"Stand up all victims of oppression!\"  Older revolutionaries will detect my reference to the staid Victorian English version of the French song \"L'Internationale\" (words Pottier; music Degeyter) later to become the official Soviet anthem. Billy Bragg's translation is only marginally more singable: \"Stand up all victims of oppression!\""},{"key":"e_1_2_1_9_1","unstructured":"Kelly-Bootle S. 1989. Yin 5 Yang 4 (OT)-paradigm regained. Unix Review (February).  Kelly-Bootle S. 1989. Yin 5 Yang 4 (OT)-paradigm regained. Unix Review (February)."},{"key":"e_1_2_1_10_1","unstructured":"See  Reference 2.  See Reference 2."},{"key":"e_1_2_1_11_1","unstructured":"See  Reference 9.  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