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“I love the example of someone who starts work at 8 a.m. and by 12 p.m. they need to have cleaned floors eight to twelve of a building. Setting about cleaning one floor per hour would leave a whole floor still untouched come noon.”
― Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
― Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
“Like any food product with ‘diet’ in the title, it’s always a bit off.”
― Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
― Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
“You see, faith doesn’t have to make sense. If it did, it wouldn’t be faith, it would be logic.”
― Off to Be the Wizard
― Off to Be the Wizard
“Martin imagined himself rematerializing in his old bedroom with no means of escape, the feeling of helplessness as the agents stormed in, the looks on his parents’ faces as he was dragged away, their embarrassment at being unable to explain why he’d stripped naked and how he’d hog-tied himself.”
― Off to Be the Wizard
― Off to Be the Wizard
“And days are counted in a different way to hours: if floors eight to twelve have to be deep-cleaned between 8 December and 12 December, there would be enough time for one floor per day.”
― Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
― Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
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