Teaching Simplicity

Apr 07

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thetruthisoutthere101:

My abstract algebra book just called out people who complain about “imaginary numbers.”

“This terminology has led generations of students to view the complex numbers with more skepticism than the real numbers. Actually, all numbers, such as 1, 3, PI, -3, and i are inventions of our minds. There is no physical entity that is the number 1. If there were , it would surely be in a place of honor in some great scientific museum.”

My book is sassy as fuck. 

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Go the Fuck to Sleep

mathani:

Fascinating, when the mind is at rest, the electrical signals by which brain cells communicate appear to travel in reverse, wiping out unimportant information in the process. (via iomikron)

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Cone

mathani:

idea via dvdp

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Mar 09

• me: All scientists are hipsters, that's why they wear glasses.
• husband: No.
• me: "I stopped working on electromagnetic induction. It was too current."
• husband: No.
• me: "I used to have a passion for oceanography but I got sick of talking about the mainstream."
• husband: No!
• me: "Of course I'm not a mathematician. Calculus-based models of the universe are SO derivative."
• husband: ...
• me: "I'm an expert on geothermal vents--"
• husband: Oh my God.
• me: "--They're probably too deep for you."

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