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Reading since 20-12-2023. My current interest lies in hyperbolic tessellations. (Think M.C. Escher's Circle Limit series.) Very readable book so far.
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“The gold in ‘them there hills’ is not always buried deep. Much of it is within easy reach. Some of it is right on the surface to be picked up by any searcher with a keen eye for detail and an eagerness to explore. As in any treasure hunt, the involvement grows as the hunt proceeds and each success whether small or great adds the fuel of excitement to the exploration. ( Prolog, 1978 )”
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“The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.”
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“If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal.”
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“My most recent novel is written wholly in numbers.”
― Evie and Guy
― Evie and Guy
“It (proof by contradiction) is a far finer gambit than any chess gambit: a chess player may offer the sacrifice of a pawn or even a piece, but a mathematician offers the game.”
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