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Turbulence

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Issue 015

Turbulence

“The French mathematician Jean Leray is said to have found inspiration by spending hours watching the Seine eddy past the Pont-Neuf bridge…...”

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A Thousand Words
Chapter two
Body Works
Chapter three
Survival
Chapter four
Beginnings
Chapter five
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In many of the times we encounter turbulence in our lives, it is preceded by a calmly worded warning from above. “Uh, folks, we may hit a few bumps,” a pilot announces over…
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