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Combinatorial geometry

Combinatorial geometry "In your schooldays most of you who read this book made acquaintance with the noble building of Euclid's geometry, and you remember - perhaps with more respect than love - the magnificent structure, on the lofty staircase of which you were chased about for uncounted hours by conscientious teachers. By reason of your past experience, you would certainly regard everyone with disdain who should pronounce even the most out-of-the-way proposition of this science to be untrue. But perhaps this feeling of proud certainty would leave you immediately if someone were to ask you: "What, then, do you mean by the assertion that these propositions are true?" Let us proceed to give this question a little consideration." From Relativity, the special and general theory, by Albert Einstein, authorised translation by Robert W Lawson, University of Sheffield. Bonanza Books, New York with prefaces by A. Einstein December 1916 and June 9th, 1952 (fifteenth edition). Quote from page 1 added by Helen Gavaghan 17.3.11. Snippets of science a title from science news syndication by GC in support of biophysics today and based on papers published in the key international science press with a remit covering the whole of science. This title will resume in March 2011. Delayed because of competing demands on my time.