The Military Compass

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Galileo's book describing the use of a proportional compass (a type of slide rule), seen as an early 'non-fungible token' of scientific hardware.

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Brian Keating: Cosmology, Astrophysics, Aliens & Losing the Nobel Prize | Lex Fridman Podcast #257

Brian Keating: Cosmology, Astrophysics, Aliens & Losing the Nobel Prize | Lex Fridman Podcast #257

Lex Fridman

Galileo's book describing the use of a proportional compass (a type of slide rule), seen as an early 'non-fungible token' of scientific hardware.