The Secret Mathematic is a science-fiction novelette told in an indefinite number of chapters, posted serially by me, your renormalized host, Cheeseburger Brown. Chapters: 1|2|3|4|5|6|7|… Multimedia: Listen to the The Secret Mathematic Overture in MP3 format, by Syntax Error. Related reading:…

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THE PERFECT SCENT: A YEAR INSIDE THE PERFUME INDUSTRY IN PARIS AND NEW YORKBy Chandler Burr Henry Holt, 306 pages, $25 “The idea that you like something can lead to the idea that you know something about it,” Sarah Jessica Parker told Chandler Burr, author of The Perfect Scent. “Which is, of…

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As more women turn to blogs for advice on beauty, and magazines like Allure and Glamour have started their own beauty blogs, the cosmetics industry has stopped seeing bloggers as bottom feeders. … Andrea Mohin/The New York Times MASCARA MADE ME DO IT Tia Williams blogs…

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