Google can find the first couple of chapters of the Adger textbook

I’ve heard from a couple of people whose textbooks have not arrived yet. If you are one of these people, ask Google about “monkey banana that the being” (use the quotes around it) and “*The bears snuffles” (use quotes here too). Look down around the third result, coming from Pomona. Although it’s almost certainly a …

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First meeting, and welcome to the blog

I see that you have found the blog. Great! So, having gotten through the first class of the course, let me note a couple of things that I didn’t actually mention in class, in all of the technological confusion. The syllabus/schedule I handed out mentioned a survey as “homework.” It’s not serious, it’s just a …

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