Archive: Math category
From Thought Provoking Message of the Day, I read about the "Worm Whisperer" this morning. Quite interesting -- Kelly Dorgan "has challenged a century-old theory, endorsed by none other than Charles Darwin, about how worms move." Everyone used to think that worms (and other burrowing creatures) ...
Last night I spent an hour or so working through Calculus and Pizza: A Cookbook for the Hungry Mind. While I don't care so much for all the pizza/food stuff (extra fluff that gets in the way of what I'm after), the math is good. I've relearned how ...
Last night I started reading Calculus and Pizza, going through the first four or five chapters (along with the exercises). I love calculus! Derivatives have come back from the misty hollow of my memory with lightning speed, and the other bits (the chain rule, etc.) are hot on ...
I read Stevey's Math Every Day post, and darn it all, I need to start brushing up on my math! It's been ages since I studied it (five years, to be precise), and while a fair amount is still with me (like addition and subtraction ;)), it'd be ...
Last night I spent the evening reading Paul Graham essays (and thus wanting to learn Lisp :)). Also read Eric Raymond's How to Become a Hacker. Interestingly enough, the brief discussions of math therein were like drops of water to a parched tongue, making me salivate ...
