{"id":297,"date":"2025-02-11T12:49:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T17:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/applied-history-mcmaster\/?p=297"},"modified":"2025-02-11T13:23:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:23:59","slug":"week-4-my-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/applied-history-mcmaster\/2025\/02\/11\/week-4-my-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 4 &#8211; My Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/applied-history-mcmaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2025\/02\/Image-2025-02-11-at-12.36\u202fPM-1024x960.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/applied-history-mcmaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2025\/02\/Image-2025-02-11-at-12.36\u202fPM-1024x960.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/applied-history-mcmaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2025\/02\/Image-2025-02-11-at-12.36\u202fPM-300x281.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/applied-history-mcmaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2025\/02\/Image-2025-02-11-at-12.36\u202fPM-768x720.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/applied-history-mcmaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2025\/02\/Image-2025-02-11-at-12.36\u202fPM.jpeg 1305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is an awful rendering of my notebook! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though not a profession I would see myself in, I can see how modelling could be of significant use. 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