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Plagiarism-detection software was created with lazy, sneaky college students in mind - not the likes of William Shakespeare. Yet the software may have settled a centuries-old mystery over the authorship of an unattributed play from the late 1500s called The Reign of Edward III. Literature scholars have long debated whether the play was written by Shakespeare - some bits are incredibly Bard-like, but others don't resemble his style at all. The verdict, according to one expert: the play is likely a collaboration between Shakespeare and Thomas Kyd, another popular playwright of his time. (See TIME's photo-essay...
Vickers and his colleagues hope that by using plagiarism software, which they're currently applying to a study of British playwright John Ford's works, scholars may yet be able to settle many of the literature world's greatest authorship questions. But don't try this at home - this isn't something just anyone can do. Vickers has spent more than four decades studying Shakespeare, and he's devoted countless hours over the past two years reaching his verdict on Edward III. "You have to go on hunches - you can't just feed in all the numbers on every play...
...centers on Catherine, the brilliant but unbalanced daughter of an even more brilliant and unbalanced mathematician, Robert. Upon Robert’s death, Hal, one of his graduate students, discovers a groundbreaking proof on his desk, which Catherine claims she wrote. The question of the proof’s authorship and Catherine’s burgeoning relationship with Hal dominate the plot of the play, amongst Catherine’s struggles over her father’s recent death and her fears about inheriting his insanity. The title thus takes on additional meaning. “The idea...
...Celebration, President Drew G. Faust asserted, “Universities are the world’s greatest source of ideas and innovation.” Theoretically, ideas generated by university scholars are disciplined by the scientific method, vetted by peer review, and made accountable through open publication with clear authorship. Talk radio, the blogosphere, and even The New Yorker operate by a lower standard...
...John •authorship by of memo that basically authorized torture proves no barrier to the decision by the Philadelphia Inquirer to spend its dwindling meager funds on columns by attacking the attackers of said torture memo