"What Do You Care What Other People Think?"-one of the best books i have ever read! I can look at the book as having two parts. The next two paragraphs are about the first part of the book.
The first chapter is about how Feynman's father taught him to think,a really beautiful chapter. For all the chauvinists out there, the last paragraph does mention his mother(:P), and it was so beautifully worded that it compensated for not mentioning her till then!
The second chapter is about his love Arlene, a heart touching chapter, which (sadly) is tragic. The subsequent chapters run on the lines of those in "Surely You Are Joking...".
The second part of the book is about his investigation of the Challenger space shuttle. It is a treat for the mechanical engineer, and Feynman also beautifully describes how problems typically arise due to differences in engineering judgement and numerical probability! I am not talking too much about it, but this part of the book is my favorite!
The last lecture is on the value of science, a short but amazing lecture! Overall, its an amazing read...Feynman, respect!!
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Mokkai Mokkai,extra extra!!
What did the metallurgist tell his worker when he got a piece of gold he dug up?
Simple,mine!!
What did the mathematician do when he did not understand something about the unit vector?
Simple,he wore his hat!!
Simple,mine!!
What did the mathematician do when he did not understand something about the unit vector?
Simple,he wore his hat!!
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Mokkai time!!
What would a Tamil astronomer do if his mission to Jupiter's satellites fail?
Simple,he would tell, "Io Rama!"
What does the dentist tell his irresponsible junior?
To brush up his basics!!
What does the watchmaker do when he has a lot of watches to repair?
Simple,he works round the clock!
What does the station master tell his apprentice?
That the training would be awesome!
What does the Tamil professor who loves chemistry tell M when she is in a hurry to leave?
Iru di M (iridium).
Simple,he would tell, "Io Rama!"
What does the dentist tell his irresponsible junior?
To brush up his basics!!
What does the watchmaker do when he has a lot of watches to repair?
Simple,he works round the clock!
What does the station master tell his apprentice?
That the training would be awesome!
What does the Tamil professor who loves chemistry tell M when she is in a hurry to leave?
Iru di M (iridium).
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Mathematics!!
Here in this post, i yet again quote, and this time it is the great logician Church, of Church-Turing thesis fame. The following lines are taken from David Berlinski's "Tour of the Calculus", and i thought i could share these with a wider audience who may otherwise miss out on these quotes, those that reflect the thoughts and philosophies of some greats in history:
Berlinski attended a course in mathematical logic under Church, and most of them in the class felt it was extremely difficult, and some went to the extent of complaining about the complexity of proofs! :D
"Church rotated his large torso away from the blackboard and toward the ten or so of us sitting in the lecture room. "Any idiot," he said calmly but with immense conviction, "can learn anything in mathematics. It only requires patience." He seemed curiously moved; a film came over his eyes. "Now to create something," he said, "that is another matter."
In that queer moment of insight occasionally vouchsafed the very young, i understood instantly that he was not reveling in his own accomplishments, but, with his own eyes fixed on the unattained goals to which he had aspired, was confessing obliquely to us, an audience of impossibly callow young men, that when it came to mathematics he, too, belonged in the company of humanity's idiots.
As do we all." :)
PS:
Church: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonzo_Church
Berlinski: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berlinski
Berlinski attended a course in mathematical logic under Church, and most of them in the class felt it was extremely difficult, and some went to the extent of complaining about the complexity of proofs! :D
"Church rotated his large torso away from the blackboard and toward the ten or so of us sitting in the lecture room. "Any idiot," he said calmly but with immense conviction, "can learn anything in mathematics. It only requires patience." He seemed curiously moved; a film came over his eyes. "Now to create something," he said, "that is another matter."
In that queer moment of insight occasionally vouchsafed the very young, i understood instantly that he was not reveling in his own accomplishments, but, with his own eyes fixed on the unattained goals to which he had aspired, was confessing obliquely to us, an audience of impossibly callow young men, that when it came to mathematics he, too, belonged in the company of humanity's idiots.
As do we all." :)
PS:
Church: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonzo_Church
Berlinski: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berlinski
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