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    5 months ago

    The fun ones sound right by accident. There’s a mathematical transform central to modern radiology, helpfully discovered by one Dr. Radon. The fuzzy rings in diffraction-limited telescopes are named after Sir Airy. Dove prisms, resembling a dovetail joint, are pronounced doh-vay.