1. Cover Page   Notational Systems and  Abstractions  Author: Jeffrey G. Long ([email protected]) Date: March 24, 2004 Forum: Talk presented at the Capital Science 2005 Conference, sponsored by the Washington Academy of Sciences.  …

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