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Category Archives: books
Huygens and Barrow, Newton and Hooke
Every now and again I take a random book down from my bookshelf and read it. Sometimes there is stuff worth talking about. This time it is V. Arnol’d’s book Huygens and Barrow, Newton and Hooke. This was written for … Continue reading
Posted in books
Tagged algebraically integrable ovals, calculus, inverse square law, V. Arnol'd
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An LTCC book
The Taught Course Centres for PhD students in the Mathematical Sciences were set up as the result of a recommendation of the last-but-one International Review of Mathematics. The review panel said that the highly specialised nature of British PhDs meant … Continue reading
Alex through the looking glass
A few years ago now, I wrote about the launch of Alex’s Adventures in Numberland, a maths book for the general public by Alex Bellos. This year, I have read the follow-up, Alex through the Looking Glass, which I got … Continue reading
Posted in books, exposition
Tagged Alex Bellos, Game of Life, geometry, Lewis Carroll, numbers
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Farewell Terry Pratchett
There is no point in trying to add to what others have said so well. Go look at XKCD, http://xkcd.com/1498/ or London Reconnections, http://www.londonreconnections.com/2015/ankh-morpock-transport-committee-march-2015/
Pirates of Pangaea
Neill’s new book came out a little while ago, and this morning I saw that he had finally got round to announcing it on his blog, and asking people to spread the news by word of mouth, since the publishers … Continue reading
Posted in books, geography, history, Neill Cameron artwork, the Web
Tagged dinosaurs, pirates
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Supercrash
Last year, I commented on Darryl Cunningham‘s book Science Tales: Lies, Hoaxes and Scams, where he uses comic book format to tackle some big abuses of science: the MMR scam, fracking, climate change denial, and so on. This year, I … Continue reading
Posted in books, history, maybe politics
Tagged Alan Greenspan, Ayn Rand, Darryl Cunningham, economic crash
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