I am in here.
I have slept through my springtime sleepiness, and am noticing things are settling into their warm-weather demeanor. The afternoon is sunny in a way that just doesn’t happen in January, regardless of the presence or lack of clouds. What is up with the world? I read earlier in the print edition of the WSJ that … Continue reading Mathematics and life
To those who do not know mathematics it is difficult to get across a real feeling as to the beauty, the deepest beauty, of nature … If you want to learn about nature, to appreciate nature, it is necessary to understand the language that she speaks in. — Richard Feynman
Well, half my lower jaw is. Dentist today, for a temporary crown to get rid of a cavity. Got nitrous oxide, so I had a nice nap after I got home. Woke an hour ago, and my jaw is still numb. No dinner for me yet. I don’t wish to end up having eaten my … Continue reading Comfortably numb
from quotes of the day – qotd.org Now one may ask, “What is mathematics doing in a physics lecture?” We have several possible excuses: first, of course, mathematics is an important tool, but that would only excuse us for giving the formula in two minutes. On the other hand, in theoretical physics we discover that … Continue reading qotd
