[HN Gopher] Ahab's Arithmetic: The Mathematics of Moby-Dick
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       Ahab's Arithmetic: The Mathematics of Moby-Dick
        
       Author : bryanrasmussen
       Score  : 43 points
       Date   : 2025-10-06 10:38 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | natmaka wrote:
       | The book by Laplace is titled <<Traite de mecanique celeste>>
       | (not "Mechanique Celeste").
        
       | esalman wrote:
       | I recently bought a kids classic version of the book for my son.
       | Then I realized I never read the original, only an abridged
       | translation decades ago. Now I must find and read the original
       | for myself.
        
         | jonah-archive wrote:
         | Do you happen to recall which version? I've picked up a couple
         | kid's books/playsets but mine is ready for a chapter-book type
         | version soon. FWIW my favorite reading copy is the UC Press
         | version based on the incredible Arion version
         | (https://www.ucpress.edu/books/moby-dick-or-the-whale/paper)
         | but any edition based on the Northwestern-Newberry text is
         | solid.
        
           | esalman wrote:
           | Sure, the kids classic version that I got is edited by
           | Margaret Novak and published by Applesauce Press. It is
           | actually chapter based which is nice, and it also has kid-
           | friendly illustrations.
        
       | kencausey wrote:
       | (PDF)
        
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