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I've been considering reading this book - can you tell me what I might get from it in addition to what I learned in undergraduate maths/physics courses? I found these courses allow…

2 years in prison, as I understand it.

I read the Quanta article because I am interested in optimisations for deep neural nets. Am I right in concluding that your work doesn't apply to that area, as it is looking at a m…

None of our animals' waste is any hazard to you, unless you slip on it! You are right that it can be done badly, as can many other things. I'd say you are actually arguing against …

I have learned something new today (re manure from dovecotes). However, I think this is another example of something that is 'just too small to matter' in terms of feeding the worl…

A bit after halfway, following: "In this case, .. , and we have", I think you need a "-" sign rather than a "+" in your equation?

Thanks. I see it for sale for £4 second hand, so maybe I should buy it for the novelty value alone. I presume I shouldn't try to refresh my java from it though.

Is it still good? I see it was published in 1997. I like the style of these books, and might read this one - I'm just worried that Java has changed quite a bit since then. Is it st…

Yes, this is true. If we knew that this pandemic came from a lab, that would have massive implications for how tightly we control this type of lab research - both in terms of wheth…

Can anyone recommend a 'friendly' overview of the 'calculus approach'? The paper linked in the article from 2003/2008 has been split up into 3 rather technical articles - I was hop…

I bought myself a 2nd hand slide rule on uk ebay last year. Price was something like £5-£10 including postage, for a rather battered and 'cheap' example. I really liked learning ab…

Thanks! And that is from the "Construction Project Manager’s Pocket Book (Routledge Pocket Books)"? Presumably it has been added to the 2nd edition, because I cannot find that pass…

I did a text search of your reference [0] and it doesn't seem to contain information on bribery. (I searched for "bribe", and also "ethics" - which does exist but not in reference …

Consider a different case ... One can make a good case that Britain's guarantee to Poland in 1939 was done badly. Britain failed to convince Hitler that she was serious, and that i…

I thought this was of interest because: It illustrates the difficulties/risks faced by the insiders who are actually 'doing the dirty work', know what is going on, and want to stop…

I followed your link, but am confused and/or doubtful: how do you replace 150mm of rockwool with 20mm of anything other than a good vacuum? It says that they are 'very low internal…

I stumbled across this article last week. I've always wanted to figure out "for myself" how to solve a Rubik's cube. I've also always wondered what Group Theory was and what practi…

I know what you mean. In my case also, I think it is a combination of me being better informed about the world and the economist declining somewhat over time. BUT I started reading…

Thanks, I will.

I ordered one about 1 year ago, but never received it. Possibly because I didn't have a 'proper' organisation (e.g. a university dept) that I could list in the form.

Stan Ulam's autobiography - Adventures of a Mathematician - talks a bit about this, from his early days in Lwow. It's a good book about interesting times and interesting people - i…