I finished The Fellowship of the Ring, and had to take a brief break from LOTR owing to the fact that I did not have The Two Towers. Now I have it, but feel obligated to finish The Calculus Diaries, which is a pretty quick and fun read when I devote some time to reading it. I enjoy when people make math more fun, because like spreadsheets math is always fun, so more fun is just a bonus (or a fiery rant about making simple concepts dumb enough for the average person, rather than making the average person educated enough for simple concepts).
I promise, I am working on a longer post for this week, but... I (may have) just applied for a position at the USGS (when a contract geologist, applying for your next job is never done), which has taken up a lot of my desire to sit at a computer after work.
Malcolm Gladwell is also very fun to read if you need another break from LOTR. I highly recommend "Outliers" I'm in the middle ob "Blink" at the moment.
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I too enjoy Gladwell's books, and could see you having lots to say about them, Brian. Gladwell sees clear and obvious formulas in all aspects of human behavior and other natural phenomena. And, he has awesome hair. What The Dog Saw is also pretty good, Jason.
ReplyDeleteThe break was not intentional, I just did not have The Two Towers. I have heard lots of good stuff about Gladwell, so I will have to look into him. The Calculus Diaries is pretty decent, though it can be frustrating in that it often seems to provide people with excuses for "not being good at math."
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