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- Bhāskara-II’s polygons and an algebraic approximation for sines of pi by x
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- RV 10.78
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- A sampler of Ramanujan’s elementary results and their manifold ramifications
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- The wink of the Gorgon and the twang of the Lyre
- Some poems
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Tag Archives: hymenopterans
On the passing of E.O. Wilson
E.O. Wilson, one of the great biologists of the age, has fallen to the noose of the king, the black son of Vivasvān. He lived a long, productive, and eventful life, just 8 years shy of a century. He was … Continue reading
Posted in History, Life, Politics, Scientific ramblings
Tagged ants, bees, biology, eusociality, history of science, hymenopterans, isopterans, social parasitism, society, sociobiology, sociology, Superorganism, Watson, Wilson
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A note on tales of fratricide, warfare, cannibalism and incest
The Osman conqueror of Constantinople, Mehmet-II, bothered by the civil wars his predecessors had to fight to take the throne, institutionalized the system of fratricide. In this system, the rival brothers of the sultan, who took the throne, were all … Continue reading
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Tagged ants, biological warfare, biology, combat, developmental biology, evolution, fratricide, hymenopterans, males, sex-ratio, wasps
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Ramblings on sitters and foragers, multiplicity of males, caste, and transnationality
To sit or to rove: the tale of maggots The gene coding for cGMP-dependent kinase (PKG) in Drosophila melanogaster, whose kinase activity is activated by binding of the second messenger cGMP by its two cNMP-binding domains, is characterized by two … Continue reading
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Tagged cGMP, cyclic nucleotide, dimorphism, hymenopterans, males, rock-scissors-paper, rover, sitter, society, sociobiology, trimorphism
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