"So, nat'ralists observe, a flea Hath smaller fleas that on him prey, And these have smaller still to bite 'em And so proceed ad infinitum."
— Mathematics

January 1, 1970

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Jonathan Swift, On Poetry: A Rhapsody. — Adapted in: — Big whirls have little whirls, That feed on their velocity; And little whirls have lesser whirls, And so on to viscosity. — Lewis Fry Richardson, Weather Prediction by Numerical Process (1922).