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How 'algorithm' got its name from a 9th-century Persian mathematician

by Scott Neuman

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/11/nx-s1-5848013/algorithm-word-week-etymology

The Concise Book of Calculation by Restoration and Balancing at @wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jabr

The algebra of Mohammed ben Musa at @internetarchive
https://archive.org/details/algebraofmohamme00khuwrich

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No fairytale: what happened to the real children behind fiction’s best-loved characters?

Peter Pan, Christopher Robin and Alice in Wonderland … being the star of a classic story might seem like a dream, but there’s a dark side, argues the author of The Children

by Melissa Albert

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/10/peter-pan-christopher-robin-alice-the-unsettling-stories-of-the-children-behind-fictions-most-enduring-tales

Books in Children's Fiction at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/18

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During the Revolution, American Women Fought for Freedom, Spied on the British, Cared for the Sick and Fell in Love. A New Exhibition Reveals Their Rich Wartime Stories

by Meilan Solly

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/during-the-revolution-american-women-fought-for-freedom-spied-on-the-british-cared-for-the-sick-and-fell-in-love-a-new-exhibition-reveals-their-rich-wartime-stories-180988887/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550&user_id=19f2988141aeef1ce3da2871b25613801e24297faaf654001575521d8c39910f

Books in American Revolutionary War at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/196

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