Some Other Stuff


MATH NERDITY

Some useful (and possibly not useful) resources on mathematical / theoretical computer science.

EDUCATION

Some things that have shaped what I think education is about.

PEOPLE

Some (now dead) thinkers I admire.

  • Alan Turing (here or here): code-breaker, founder of computer science, honest man
  • Archimedes: citizen of Syracuse probably killed by a Roman soldier because he wanted to finish a proof
  • Pierre de Fermat: lawyer and parliamentarian who did maths for the fun of it, setter of puzzles
  • Evariste Galois: political hothead, duellist over love
  • Marie-Sophie Germain and Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan: autodidacts
  • Andre Weil: conscientious objector ("My mathematics work is proceeding beyond my wildest hopes, and I am even a bit worried - if it is only in prison that I work so well, will I have to arrange to spend two or three months locked up every year?"), Poldavian
  • Desiderius Erasmus: humanist, theologian, classical scholar

LANGUAGES

Some tutorials for various languages.

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LIFE

A selection of miscellaneous things that I'm keen on.



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Last updated 23 October 2017