sext: the air smells like honeysuckle and fresh dirt; meet me in the driveway so we can sit in absolute silence, listening to gentle echoes of the 1 a.m. train accompanied by the rapturous humming of my neighbor’s koi pond.
As a mathematician, I can attest that my field is really about ideas above anything else. Ideas that inform our existence, that permeate our universe and beyond, that can surprise and enthrall. Perhaps the most intriguing of these is the way infinity is harnessed to deal with the finite, in everything from fractals to calculus… . Despite what most people suppose, many profound mathematical ideas don’t require advanced skills to appreciate… .Think of it this way: you can appreciate art without acquiring the ability to paint, or enjoy a symphony without being able to read music. Math also deserves to be enjoyed for its own sake, without being constantly subjected to the question, “When will I use this?”
How to fall in love with math, which has given us such elegant wonders as infinity, fractals, and the Big Bang.
Complement with Paul Lockhart’s manifesto for the whimsy of math and autistic savant Daniel Tammet on the poetry of numbers.
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Thanks. It has pockets!
every girl ever responding to a compliment on a skirt/dress that has pockets (via nbronten)
Writers write. Characters row.
Jess Walter (via karanablue)
HEY LIZZIE, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT ALL THOSE PROJECTS YOU STILL HAVE TO DO?
HEY AUGUST, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT ALL THOSE PROJECTS YOU STILL HAVE TO DO?
