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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Holiday viewing
In lieu of the regular quotation supply, here are links to a couple of videos that might provide a stimulating alternative to the Boxing Day movie schedule. Both are from iconic scientific/cultural figures who tend to divide opinion rather strongly; … Continue reading
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Quotation for the week: Eddington
I agree with Burns that it’s valuable “to see oursels as ithers see us”. In that spirit, here’s an unflattering statement from the physicist and scientific populariser Arthur Eddington: Proof is an idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself. … Continue reading
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Quotation for the week: Weil
Mathematicians, and scientists more generally, sometimes seem obsessed with showing off, awarding each other prizes, and generally fretting about who’s “better” than whom. It was presumably a close view of such activity that provoked the French philosopher, activist and mystic … Continue reading
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