Still reading "The Mind of God" -its mind-stretching although I find Davies style a little dull. I had to go back and start again.
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostThe maths of Quantum Theory isn't that bad (in principle - It is often hideously intractable in practical situations).
But to learn it thoroughly one should be able to sort of recapitulate to oneself the process by which the original founders came up with the principles and formalisms etc on the basis of observations.
Putting it another way, one could just accept the mathematical framework without question to answer exam questions, but be stumped if asked to justify it to some imaginary skeptical inquirer.
We asked once how he knew that A could be subbed for that equation and the lecturer told us that we did not have the knowledge to understand it and to derive it in an exam would take ages and get you no marks so just assume it and then be pleased when it turned out to be correct at the end.Comment
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Just finished Lee Smolin - Time reborn, which nicely juxtaposed the book I read before that, Max Tegmark - Our mathematical universe.
Now reading Frank Herbert- Whipping starDown with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostThe maths of Quantum Theory isn't that bad
I liked Al in it too.Comment
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I am Legend by Richard Matheson.
So much better than the film.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostI am Legend by Richard Matheson.
So much better than the film.
The Last Man on Earth, Omega Man, I Am Legend?Comment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostThe maths of Quantum Theory isn't that bad (in principle - It is often hideously intractable in practical situations).While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Been a quiet day at clientco, waiting for tests to complete. So have been reading Probability Theory: The Logic of Science by E T Jaynes
It was a great shame he died before finishing it, as he was a master of lucid prose and explanation, and was a renowned expert in Bayesian analysis.
I'm wondering whether to fork out over £80 for the hard copy, but unsure if this is the same as the online version or one beefed up by Larry Bretthorst
Also reading some of his articles at http://bayes.wustl.edu/etj/articles/Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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I'm currently reading "Naval Battles that Changed the World" - it is pretty interesting.Comment
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Last week I read The Last Kingdom, by Bernard Cornwall
It was so good that now I have to go and buy and read the whole series !Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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