Tag: Penrose
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Scientists Race to Digitize Fragile Analog Lectures of the 1970s
Time is running out for a groundbreaking trove of scientific knowledge Thousands of hours of lectures, conferences, and discussions—spanning mathematics, physics, philosophy, and the history of science—are held on fragile analog tapes dating back to the early 1970s. This archive captures the evolution of ideas as they were taking shape, recording not just final theories…
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Rescuing the Archive: Scientists Race to Digitize 100,000 Hours of Groundbreaking Lectures
Countdown to Preservation: Why the Archive Matters Across the globe, a vast trove of lectures and discussions recorded from the 1970s onward sits on fragile magnetic tapes. These recordings, spanning mathematics, physics, philosophy, and the history of science, capture the evolution of ideas as they happened. With each passing year, the risk of decay and…
