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Josh Coates is the full-time Executive Director of the B. H. Roberts Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit that is dedicated to education and research related to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Previously Josh was the founder and/or CEO of several tech companies related to data storage and education technology. He has also restored old military vehicles, built combat robots, and is an amateur astronomer, welder, and machinist. Coates was educated in Computer Science at Berkeley and served a mission in Boston. He is married and has two children.
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A Combinatorial Approach to Modeling All Possible Golden Plates

by Josh Coates | undefined 66 | 06-20-2025

Abstract: Historical reports containing information about the properties of the golden plates provide upper and lower bounds for calculating possible configurations of their size, weight, and material composition, as well as the possible properties of reformed Egyptian. This study employs a two-part process to analyze these configurations. First, it examines the physical properties of the […]

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