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Book cover for Isaac Newton: A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of Physicists)
By 1665, Newton had discovered the general binomial theorem which led him to begin developing a mathematical theory which later became calculus.
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Now that is impressive. I actually loved calculus, and was surprised to see it used in economics in my post-grad studies. The beauty of maths hey?? Thanks Izzy :)
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Natasha   Brown
“But it’s there. Dread. Every day is an opportunity to fuck up. Every decision, every meeting, every report. There’s no success, only the temporary aversion of failure. Dread.”
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Anne Tyler
“This is what families do for each other—hide a few uncomfortable truths, allow a few self-deceptions. Little kindnesses.” “And little cruelties,” he said.”
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“Boris Johnson delivered an unexpectedly jaunty press conference in which he assured an anxious nation we would ‘turn the tide within the next twelve weeks’ and ‘send coronavirus packing in this country’, as though it were some unwanted door-to-door salesman.”
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Natasha   Brown
“Be the best. Work harder, work smarter. Exceed every expectation. But also, be invisible, imperceptible. Don’t make anyone uncomfortable. Don’t inconvenience. Exist in the negative only, the space around. Do not insert yourself into the main narrative. Go unnoticed. Become the air. Open your eyes.”
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.…”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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