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  2. Babel, or the Necessity of Violence - Wikipedia

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    In the January–February 2023 issue of Bookmarks, the book was rated 3.5 out of 5. The magazine's critical summary reads: "Babel is a meticulously researched period piece, “a primal scream from the traditionally unheard, and a story of friendship gone horribly wrong” (Paste). But it often feels didactic, as if Kuang wasn’t sure whether ...

  3. Sri Lankan units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    He describes the Parah as a measure 16.7 inches wide and 5.6 inches deep. [9] Montgomery, writing in 1835, described the interior measurement of a Parrah as a perfect cube of 11.571 inches, and the seer as a cylinder of depth 4.35 inches and diameter 4.35 inches. [12]

  4. Hela Havula - Wikipedia

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    Hela Hawula' was formed as the only organization in Sri Lanka to protect and uplift the Sinhala language, Sinhala land and Sinhala culture. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] 'Hela Hawula' has been recognized as a statutory body by the adoption of the Hela Hawula Establishment Act No. 38 in the Parliament of Sri Lanka Act No. 1992.

  5. The Library of Babel (website) - Wikipedia

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    The algorithm Basile created generates a 'book' by iterating every permutation of 29 characters: the 26 English letters, space, comma, and period. [8] Each book is marked by a coordinate, corresponding to its place on the hexagonal library (hexagon name, wall number, shelf number, and book name) so that every book can be found at the same place every time.

  6. Babel (book) - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Babel is a book by Patti Smith, published in 1978, ...

  7. The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel

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    "The Library of Babel" was originally written by Borges in 1941, [3] based on an earlier essay he had published in 1939 while working as a librarian. [4] It concerns a fictional library containing every possible book of a certain fixed length, over a 25-symbol alphabet (which, including spacing and punctuation, is sufficient for the Spanish language). [5]

  8. Babel-17 - Wikipedia

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    Babel-17 is a 1966 science fiction novel by American writer Samuel R. Delany in which the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis (that language influences thought and perception) plays an important part. [2] It was joint winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1967 (with Flowers for Algernon ) [ 3 ] and was also nominated for the Hugo Award for Best ...

  9. Odessa Stories - Wikipedia

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    Odessa Stories (Russian: Одесские рассказы, romanized: Odesskiye rasskazy), also known as Tales of Odessa, is a collection of four short stories by Isaac Babel, set in Odessa in the last days of the Russian Empire and the Russian Revolution.