"There is a famous formula, perhaps the most compact and famous of all formulas...It appeals equally to the mystic, the scientist, the philosopher, the mathematician."
-Edward Kasner and James R. Newman, "Mathematics and the Imagination"
Pi is a a mystic and a philosopher. His parents are scientists, though they named him not after the mathematical equation but after a swimming pool, the Piscine...
Monday, January 21, 2013
Friday, January 4, 2013
Lincoln
With malice towards none. This quote, I believe, does more to define President Abraham Lincoln than any other. Delicately balancing the enormous difficulties of his time in office, knowing when to give in and when not to compromise, Abraham Lincoln was a gentle man. Years ago, I read David Herbert...
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