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#126 2012-10-23 20:51:50
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Re: Can you suggest six names of great mathematicians quickly?
Hi;
Yes, I have read that.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#127 2012-10-24 00:29:45
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I am from Gujurat.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
-Archimedes
My maturity level depends on the people I am around.
#128 2012-10-24 16:48:32
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Oh! Thats good!
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
'The whole person changes, why can't a habit?' -65
#129 2012-11-22 09:45:15
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Re: Can you suggest six names of great mathematicians quickly?
Hi
I am currently reading 'Fermats Last Theorem' by Simon Singh
Did you like it?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#130 2012-11-23 23:45:04
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Yes! Its a pleasure to read and I like it very much
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
'The whole person changes, why can't a habit?' -65
#131 2012-11-24 04:18:17
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Re: Can you suggest six names of great mathematicians quickly?
Hi;
What else have you read and what would you like to read?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#132 2012-11-24 13:00:12
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I am reading "The Selfish Gene" now
and I remember having read "A Brief History of Time" a few years ago
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
'The whole person changes, why can't a habit?' -65
#133 2012-11-24 16:12:39
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Re: Can you suggest six names of great mathematicians quickly?
Hi;
I read a brief history also.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.