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Gary Ernest Davis

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Born
Melbourne, Australia
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Genre
Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Nonfiction

Influences
Stephen King, Alexander McCall-Smith

Member Since
August 2014


I wrote the fictional tale "Coffee, Love and Matrix Algebra", one chapter each day on my website for 80 days. Three chapters were dropped from the final publication.
I'm planning a sequel to "Coffee, Love and Matrix Algebra". I have a non-fiction book on children's counting just about ready to be published.
I was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia.
I was educated (BSc and PhD) at Monash University, Melbourne.
I worked for many years in the Department of Mathematics, La Trobe University, Melbourne.
As a result of my work in mathematics education, I went to the School of Education at the University of Southampton, UK, where I was Professor and Director of the Centre for Mathematics Education.
I then went to Rutgers, NJ, where I was Visiting P ...more

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Gary Ernest Davis I never really had it - I wrote a chapter a day, for 80 days straight, and posted each chapter on the Web. I would start each morning at 5:30-6 AM by …moreI never really had it - I wrote a chapter a day, for 80 days straight, and posted each chapter on the Web. I would start each morning at 5:30-6 AM by re-reading the previous chapter. If that didn't get me writing, I would generate a random number up to the number of the last chapter. I would read the random chapter and if that gave me an idea, then off I went. If not, I generated another random number until the writing flowed. The idea is not to stay stuck, and generating random previous chapter numbers to link to helps to keep the story from wandering too much.(less)
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Gary Ernest Davis It depends on the genre. A technical or non-fiction book has a sort of iterative "explain things and then fix the structure" process. In my experience…moreIt depends on the genre. A technical or non-fiction book has a sort of iterative "explain things and then fix the structure" process. In my experience, fiction requires a different sort of absorption in the process - less tinkering, and more crafting. Finishing is great - holding the published work in one's hands is great (but e-books are fine, too). It's nice to feel proud of one's achievement.(less)
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Publisher:  Republic of Mathematics


Publication Date: 2014


Number of Pages: 389


Format: Paperback


ISBN: 9780692262306
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Reviewed by David A. Huckaby, on 11/12/2014

David A. Huckaby is an associate professor of mathematics at Angelo State University.
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Coffee, Love, and Matrix Algebra is a delightful work of fiction that chronic

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