A Beauty Cold and Austere

01.10.2017
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That survey course in conceptual mathematics seemed like a good idea at the start of the term - no graded homework, no midterm exams - just an oral final at the end. But now that final is tomorrow morning. After months of procrastination you've got one night left to learn enough to pass the course. You might even be desperate enough to try one of your roommate's sketchy memory pills.

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