LOOSE CHANGE: DECEMBER 24, 2023

The Colombian government said Thursday it will try to raise objects from the 1708 shipwreck of the galleon San Jose, which is believed to contain a cargo worth billions of dollars.

The 300-year-old wreck, often called the holy grail of shipwrecks, has been controversial, because it is both an archaeological and economic treasure.

But the ship is believed to hold 11 million gold and silver coins, emeralds and other precious cargo from Spanish-controlled colonies, which could be worth billions of dollars if ever recovered.

To read the complete article, see:
Colombia will try to raise objects from a 1708 shipwreck believed to have a cargo worth billions (https://www.nashuatelegraph.com/top-headlines/2023/12/22/colombia-will-try-to-raise-objects-from-a-1708-shipwreck-believed-to-have-a-cargo-worth-billions/)

To read earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
FINDING SHIPWRECKS IS GETTING EASIER AND HARDER (https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n49a27.html)
SPANISH GALLEON SAN JOSE FOUND (https://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n22a38.html)

It's been a year of endless einsteins. In March, a troupe of mathematical tilers announced that they had discovered an aperiodic monotile, a shape that can tile an infinite flat surface in a pattern that does not repeat — einstein is the geometric term of art for this entity.

Now, the results are in from a contest run by the National Museum of Mathematics in New York and the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust in London, which asked members of the public for their most creative renditions of an einstein. A panel of judges assessed 245 submissions from 32 countries. Three winners were chosen, and, on Tuesday, there will be a ceremony at the House of Commons in London. (Each winner receives an award of 5,000 British pounds; nine finalists receive 1,000 pounds.)

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To read the complete article, see:
What Can You Do With an Einstein? (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/science/mathematics-tiling-einstein.html)

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