tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post5975085915459138809..comments2023-11-05T03:45:25.001-08:00Comments on God Plays Dice: Novelists who are mathematiciansMichael Lugohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-70049932128910612892008-06-19T09:52:00.000-07:002008-06-19T09:52:00.000-07:00oh, and happy birthday, btw.oh, and happy birthday, btw.r. r. vlorbikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02746118913980983815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-49168231556388832122008-06-18T22:37:00.000-07:002008-06-18T22:37:00.000-07:00I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Lewis Carrol.I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Lewis Carrol.Pseudonymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272326070593532463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-33502316674023488972008-06-18T08:00:00.000-07:002008-06-18T08:00:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.vishvAs vAsukihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842070302064629864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-90031575759969587862008-06-18T05:43:00.000-07:002008-06-18T05:43:00.000-07:00From "The death of Ivan Ilyich"There was only one ...From "The death of Ivan Ilyich"<BR/><BR/>There was only one bright spot back at the beginning of life; after that things grew blacker and blacker, moved faster and faster.<BR/><BR/>"In inverse ratio to the square of the distance from death," thought Ivan Ilyich.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-65125626480851556562008-06-17T15:43:00.000-07:002008-06-17T15:43:00.000-07:00Valentine, don't feel bad, Tolstoy is a lousy writ...Valentine, don't feel bad, Tolstoy is a lousy writer, he is too wordy, most of his charcters are like puppets to illustrate his ideas that are rather dull, there is no linguistic nuance in their speech, he's just not worth wasting time on.mishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01166708933155105921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-59299493208339302392008-06-17T08:29:00.000-07:002008-06-17T08:29:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.mishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01166708933155105921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-21331984710434432902008-06-17T07:53:00.000-07:002008-06-17T07:53:00.000-07:00eric temple bell(a math'n who *was* an novelist).i...<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Temple_Bell" REL="nofollow">eric temple bell</A><BR/>(a math'n who *was* an novelist).<BR/>i've never read, or even seen,<BR/>any of his novels, but i've practically<BR/>worn out a couple of his history books<BR/>(_men_of_..._ and _the_development_...).<BR/>never seen <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Search-E-T-Bell-Spectrum/dp/0883855089" REL="nofollow">reid's book</A> either ...<BR/>you get the idea i need to get<BR/>to the library more often?<BR/><A HREF="http://vlorbik.wordpress.com" REL="nofollow">v.</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-11128205940485433622008-06-17T05:13:00.000-07:002008-06-17T05:13:00.000-07:00In high school I was a very bad planner, and had e...In high school I was a very bad planner, and had essentially forgotten to read War and Peace until just a few days before a test on it.<BR/>So I skimmed like I'd never skimmed before, until I got to the part about infinitesimals (ch 8 or 18 I think) which I found fun.<BR/><BR/>The test turned out to be in essey-form and I could use that chapter as a subject :), it all turned out good for me.<BR/><BR/>Ofcourse, now in retrospect I feel awful about the rest of the class having read the whole thing and essentially getting the same grade as I.Valentinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03656339934440122958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-41256546376023289912008-06-17T01:24:00.000-07:002008-06-17T01:24:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.mishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01166708933155105921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-65159473453177123902008-06-17T00:02:00.000-07:002008-06-17T00:02:00.000-07:00Christos Papadimitriou is another mathematician wh...<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christos_Papadimitriou" REL="nofollow">Christos Papadimitriou</A> is another mathematician who is also a novelist, having written the novel <B>Turing</B>. I understand that he is also collaborating on a <I>graphic</I> novel about the logical foundations crisis of the turn of the 20th century.<BR/><BR/>(More precisely, Christos Papadimitriou is a theoretical computer scientist: however, it seems to me that having "the proving of theorems" as a primary professional concern is a sufficient condition to be a mathematician.)AgainstWordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14682868442299622498noreply@blogger.com