Subscription

Books
Shop
About

Friday, June 13, 2014

Mathematics being this romantic thing


Perelman, who I find adorable by the way, is described in this documentary - in Russian, with English subtitles - as a national hero.
I find the movie deeply poetic; so musical in fact that I want to learn mathematics or - who knows - do mathematics.  I'm just not sure how to proceed.

A butterfly flutter from afar reaches the ear to whisper and stir the belly like a song wake up drive yo! 

2 comments:

  1. You love Grigorii Perelman.
    You'll love this New Yorker piece: Yitang Zhang solves a pure math mystery.
    Zhang is described as "a solitary, part-time calculus teacher at the University of New Hampshire who received several prizes, including a MacArthur award in September, for solving a problem that had been open for more than a hundred and fifty years." It is a gorgeous story, and it inspires me to do mathematics and do life on my own terms.

    ReplyDelete

Blog Archive

My Other Blogs

  • I Love Hue - The coloured tile puzzle game 'I Love Hue' is beautiful and truly a joy to love. I've now done 900 puzzle layouts, with 55 to go. Then there is Duolingo ...
    2 days ago
  • land and country - Because we need reminders about the scale of things... pic.twitter.com/ETFAT0Qxjr — Icthyophaga vocifer (@tadepen) November 19, 2024 Population density...
    4 days ago
  • Costume 🌟 Couture - 🌟🐉 Unleash the Dragon (and if it's too hard to walk in those clogs of yours, just fly?) Featured fashion designer = Guo Pei Featured musical artiste ...
    5 days ago
  • Tradition - Music from the play, Fiddler On The Roof and film adaptation, and so on. Want fine African Literature? (Preview) Nigerian Lifestyle A-Z at REALbubbler...
    2 weeks ago
  • It's time... - but don't go away. Keep up with my other blogs. Read my books. Stay mathy. ✌
    1 year ago

About Me

Followers