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They do something just as important: they show that the story of human origins was more crowded, more competitive, and more unpredictable than the familiar textbook version suggests.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2026
The reality is that Mendeleev had a contract to produce a chemistry textbook.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Another five publications followed, including a 2025 textbook on continued fractions published by Springer.
From Slate • May 2, 2026
He reckons that whether one does or does not consider the market to be showing bubble characteristics, the recent surge in momentum plays “is textbook parabolic price action.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026
This was a textbook of applied mathematics, and included within it was the first published account of double-entry bookkeeping—double entry was not new, but printing was, so Pacioli was taking advantage of an obvious opportunity.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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