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A Mathematician's Apology

I'm really, really sorry.

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Reply 1
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Djeorge
john-boro
I'm really, really sorry.

I tried not to laugh, but i have to admit that i found that pretty funny:biggrin:
Reply 2
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LORDDEATH
I can hear Hardy turning in his grave...
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Chewwy
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what's with this posting in multiple forums and pseudo-humoured responses?
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gianthead
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john-boro
I'm really, really sorry.
you have to be a qualified mathematician to say that:wink:
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john-boro
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chewwy
what's with this posting in multiple forums and pseudo-humoured responses?


sorry, I thought I posted it in academic help originally, and then when it wasn't in there I thought, bugger, and posted it there. I had not realised that I actually posted it here first.


Anyway, Twice the threads, Twice the fun :wink:
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Cexy
Hah. I laughed. :wink:
Reply 7
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Dragon Girl
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has experienced Maths humour - I recently read a book which described calculus (I don't think this was intentional by the author) as the turning point of modern maths.
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LORDDEATH
Dragon Girl
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has experienced Maths humour - I recently read a book which described calculus (I don't think this was intentional by the author) as the turning point of modern maths.


I'm sure you laughed off your white cotton socks.
Reply 9
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Dragon Girl
I think you're a little behind the times, fashionwise.

Cotton socks went out in the 40s.
Reply 10
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Popa Dom
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Dragon Girl
I think you're a little behind the times, fashionwise.

Cotton socks went out in the 40s.


Yeah but this is a maths forum, most of us on here probably still wear them, along with our best leather sandals :p: (am I the only one to have noticed the number of maths professors who wear this combination is WAY higher than normal?)
Reply 11
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Cexy
This thread still makes me chuckle. :frown:
Reply 12
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ssmoose
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(am I the only one to have noticed the number of maths professors who wear this combination is WAY higher than normal?)

I think we need a hypothesis test!
ssmoose
I think we need a hypothesis test!


Noooo! Not more hypothesis tests! :p:

I've just done S2 and S3 and am sick of them! Stats wasn't exactly my favourite thing to start with.
Reply 14
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LawQueen
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im not a mathmatician, im being nosy and want to know how it's funny (not in a sarcastic way, i actually want to know):smile:
Root
im not a mathmatician, im being nosy and want to know how it's funny (not in a sarcastic way, i actually want to know):smile:


The mathematician's apology or the calculus thing?
Root
im not a mathmatician, im being nosy and want to know how it's funny (not in a sarcastic way, i actually want to know):smile:


A mathematician's apology is a book by a famous mathematician, Godfrey Hardy, in which he introduces maths to beginners with a slightly unconventional edge (not the way you'd find it in any other maths book).
Reply 17
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ssmoose
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I've just done S2 and S3 and am sick of them! Stats wasn't exactly my favourite thing to start with.

Why do people do that to themselves? M3 isn;t very hard you know.
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Dam
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ssmoose
Why do people do that to themselves? M3 isn;t very hard you know.


I like stats. Sometimes I think i'm the only one though......
Can anyone recommend more books like a mathematician's apology? Thanks

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