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Mar 17, 2008

In the beginning there was only one kind...
In the beginning there was only one kind of Mathematician, created by the Great Mathamatical Spirit form the Book: the Topologist. And they grew to large numbers and prospered. One day they looked up in the heavens and desired to reach up as far as the...

In the course of reading Hadamard's "The Psychology...
In the course of reading Hadamard's "The Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field", I have come across evidence supporting a fact which we coffee achievers have long appreciated: no really creative, intelligent thought is possible without a good cup...

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice...
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.

In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing...
In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain. -- Pliny the Elder

"In this replacement Earth we're building they've...
"In this replacement Earth we're building they've given me Africa to do and of course I'm doing it with all fjords again because I happen to like them, and I'm old-fashioned enough to think that they give a lovely baroque feel to a continent. And they tell...

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