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Terry Freedman's avatar

On the same sort of lines, I love the idea of mixing maths and literature, which the Oulipo movement partly does: https://terryfreedman.substack.com/s/oulipo I've also written about using a spreadsheet for literary criticism! I think at the very least such mixing up prompts questions, and makes people consider an alternative perspective. Great post, Sarah

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Sarah Styf's avatar

Thank you!

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Joe Mendiola's avatar

I love the melding of science and english. It's like the reverse of Bryn Robinson's post about PhD students and scientists needing to embrace storytelling to help communicate their ideas. https://brynphd.substack.com/p/change-the-world-with-a-story-campfire

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Sarah Styf's avatar

Yes! Both disciplines can benefit from each other. Storytelling is a very powerful tool for communicating science and history and even math.

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