‘Floccinaucinihilipilification’: apparently it’s the longest word in the OED, though I’d always thought it was ‘antidisestablishmentarianism’. Continue reading
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The world’s best mathematics lecturer
No, this is not my claim, but that of other more informed persons. I found it in Cedric Villani’s wonderful book (p. 16, if you’re interested). To whom was he referring? His colleague at the École Normale Supérieure in Lyons, Étienne Ghys, who counts among his fans the (probably) best mathematician in the world, Terence Tao (he’s up there, with a Fields Medal, and he’s Australian – good enough for me). Continue reading
Me, the metre and MoMath
I love maths; always have. I remember as a child doing arithmetic in my head (love that 17 times table!) as I went to sleep; my first degrees were in mathematics; and my favourite books (as attested in ‘My Books‘, not about books I’ve authored, but the best of my collection) are about maths, particularly its history. Continue reading