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Guardian review of The Book of Numbers
It's always nice to have a review written by a knowledgeable person, and especially one with taste as good as this. I'd forgotten about this Cardano quote in the book; it's good that the personalities of past mathematicians are still able to amuse and stimulate in addition to their work. From the Guardian, book review section, last…
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Review of The Undercover Scientist in publishing news
Yet another review! On Friday 20 June, in the popular science section of publishing news, The Undercover Scientist was listed as one of "Sue's Picks" for the Top Titles of the month. In her review she correctly pinpoints exactly where the title is aimed, so again it's nice to have…
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Blackwell's choice
The online publishers Blackwell books are featuring The Undercover Scientist as one of their books of the month. You can see their promotion on the front page of their website. It's nice news to have on the day of its launch!
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Undercover Scientist music
Someone has just pointed me to a YouTube video called "The Undercover Scientist." The lyrics are surprisingly appropriate... If we ever make a TV show from The Undercover Scientist book, this would make excellent title music!
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Clever Korean kids
I'm a collaborating Prof in KAIST, Korea so I go over there now and again. At the beginning of this month I was in Jeju, Korea giving a talk for some high school children. The organisers just sent me some photos. Although in this picture I look like I'm teaching…
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reader feedback - history of numbers and female mathematicians
Here's a recent email exchange about the history of numbers, relating to the descriptions in The Book of Numbers One month ago I finished reading your fascinating book "the Book of Numbers". From that moment on your question: Where are all the girls? keeps lingering through my mind. I wonder how…
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real life mishaps: retrieving data using a pineapple
Life can be ironic sometimes. Having written The Undercover Scientist, Investigating Everyday Mishaps which includes a whole section on how hard disks fail, and how you should ensure they are always backed up... my hard disk failed and it wasn't backed up recently. It did give me a chance to test…
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