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Chuck Mitchell's avatar

Amazing essay. This is I come to Substack for—to discover and learn, at age 72, things I never knew. Thank you!

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Tyler King's avatar

Thanks for walking with us and for the kind words, Chuck.

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Tyler King's avatar

Yes. Incredible. I wonder if he had something to do with Laurie Spiegel's Voyager Golden Record selection. In 1975, she composed a computerized realization of Johannes Kepler's 1619 treatise Harmonices Mundi. It was originally commissioned by Dr. Carl Sagan for inclusion on the record.

I write about her here:

https://sunra.substack.com/p/sisters-with-transistors

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