The June 06 issue of Science contains a fascinating series of articles
written by Andrew Lawler on the Indus people. I spotted a glitch in the
first one that stimulated the following note to the author, with copy to
the editors at Science.
Jim
Dear Mr. Lawler,
I am reading your fascinating article, "Boring no More", on the Indus
people and I have just come across a jarring phrase. You speak of the
Mohenjo Daro covering "at least 200 square hectares". "Square hectares"
is redundant, as would be "cubic liters". The former is a unit of area
and the latter a unit of volume.
Certainly this must have been just a "slip of the pen". I am rather
amazed that a technical editor at Science did not catch this error.
Otherwise, thank you very much for your fascinating articles in this
series. I look forward to learning more about these ancient people and
their civilization as I read your articles.
--
James R. Frysinger
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