The Book That Could Have Killed Me

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The Book That Could Have Killed Me

It is funny how sometimes things you think are bad turn out to be good in retrospect. Like many of us, when I was a kid, I was fascinated by science of all kinds. As I got older, I focused a bit mo…

Epitaph

This month we move, far away.
Among the volumes to be eliminated, a couple dozen years of the Scientific American.
I basically learned precise English from the subscription my parends offered me long, long ago.
There was the monthly Mathematical Games from Martin Gardner; the purpose of Science was simple at the time.
No Trump then, nor antivaxx, nor war.
At night I dream I reach back to Gardner columns -at day : time flies, must move.

Nous déménageons, loin, ce mois-ci.
Parmi les mètres cubes qu'il faut jeter, de vieilles archives du Scientific American.
J'ai pratiquement appris l'anglais précis sur l'abonnement que m'offraient mes parents avant le bac.
Il y avait chaque mois de nouvelles énigmes de Martin Gardner, et l'objet de la Science était simple alors.
Pas de Trump alors, d'antivaxx, de guerre.
La nuit je rêve que je vais refeuilleter Gardner -le jour le temps presse, il faut agir.

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