27 days ago
wearehugh : Solution to XKCD Velociraptors Problem #2
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2 month ago
deusx : Twelve Virtues of Rationality - "These then are twelve virtues of rationality: Curiosity, relinquishment, lightness, evenness, argument, empiricism, simplicity, humility, perfectionism, precision, scholarship, and the void. "
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gleuschk : Mathematical Miniatures, by Beno Eckmann - I especially like the first one about the birth of arrows
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2 month ago
philgyford : The School Of Life - Homepage - "A new cultural enterprise based in central London offering intelligent instruction on how to lead a fulfilled life." A religion without religion? Intriguing. (via Kottke)
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2 month ago
gleuschk : Algebraic Surfaces Gallery - I love this page
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3 month ago
gleuschk : Sciencedebate 2008 - Barack Obama's answers to the top 14 science questions facing America (McCain hasn't answered yet)
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4 month ago
gleuschk : Home | Open Problem Garden - a collection of unsolved mathematics problems. none in algebra.
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wearehugh : Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories - Sierpinski Cookies
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5 month ago
deusx : Overcoming Bias: Mind Projection Fallacy - "Would a non-humanoid alien, with a different evolutionary history and evolutionary psychology, sexually desire a human female? It seems rather unlikely. To put it mildly."
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5 month ago
deusx : Overcoming Bias: Joy in the Merely Real - "You might say that scientists - at least some scientists - are those folk who are in principle capable of enjoying life in the real universe."
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5 month ago
gleuschk : Math protest on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - reminds me of my "Algebra not War" sign from the SF protests in 2003
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5 month ago
gleuschk : Ian Gowen - The Great Pi Day Protest of 2008 - I've had this saved up in Google Reader for three months
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deusx : Op-Ed Contributor - Put a Little Science in Your Life - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com - "Science is a way of life. Science is a perspective. Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding in a manner that’s precise, predictive and reliable — a transformation, for those lucky enough to experience it, that is emp
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6 month ago
philgyford : Amazon.co.uk: "physics for beginners, and the maths that goes with it" - Problem: How do I find time to learn stuff like this when I need to know stuff like this before I can expand time enough so I have time to learn it?
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7 month ago
gleuschk : Brown Sharpie: characteristic pea - cute!
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gleuschk : Old Ph.D. Qualifying Exams by State - a nice list, not too long to be useful
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8 month ago
Linkorama : Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams - In his moving talk, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals.
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gleuschk : Physics, Topology, Logic and Computation: A Rosetta Stone [PDF] - Baez and Stay
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8 month ago
deusx : Keeping It Simple - "My business plan is: 1. Create high-quality content. 2. Tell people about it. 3. Profit."
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gleuschk : Leray in Edelbach - shockingly long and interesting article about the mathematical work of Jean Leray in a POW camp in Austria, 1940-45
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gleuschk : Joint Mathematics Meetings, New Orleans, LA - Jan. 5-8, 2007 Art Exhibit - featuring some acquaintances and friends. via popular delicious(!)
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10 month ago
gleuschk : Math Trek: Small Infinity, Big Infinity, Science News Online, Jan. 12, 2008 - includes a game-theoretic proof of Cantor's theorem that the cardinality of the integers is strictly less than that of the reals. Neato! (And he's a friend of Anurag's, which is groovy.)
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gleuschk : Women Mathematicians in the Academic Ranks: A Call to Action (PDF) - Report of the BIRS workshop on Women in Mathematics
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11 month ago
gleuschk : Knuth 3:16 - a commemoration of one of the great computer scientists of ancient times, Donald Ervin Knuth.
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