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Foundations of mathematics (for math geeks only)

Thanx to Slate Star Codex. It's in Wired, which tells us, "Please do us a solid and disable your ad blocker." Since I cheered the Pearls before Swine where Rat hit someone over the head for saying, "Do me a solid," that one is two for two.
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In the proud tradition of Barbie, Andrew Hacker (behind the Times pay wall) proclaims that Mathematics Is Hard, and that many people should be spared its rigors by giving them social science and essay writing classes called "Mathematics." Herewith, a cruel mockery of such thinking.

Fractal

May. 22nd, 2012 01:22 pm
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Given the derivation of the word, one probably should not speak of "geek food," but here's a fractal pizza

Thanx to [livejournal.com profile] browngirl
supergee: (pythagoras)
Ian Stewart's top 10 popular mathematics books. I particularly recommend Rudy Rucker's fiction anthology Mathenauts

Thanx to Ro Nagey on Facebook

Fraccing

Oct. 18th, 2010 06:14 am
supergee: (fractal)
Rudy Rucker remembers Benoit Mandelbrot (with nifty pictures)

Thanx to Making Light.

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