Anyone watching Horizon?

[OwlHoot]

I think you're making the classic thicko mistake. What you don't understand is not necessarily boring.
HTH

Unless it's the rules of baseball

(or football, rugby, cricket, ...)

[amcdonald]

I wonder if Psychohistory is becoming a reality and who will be the real-life Hari Seldon?

Why Sheldon of course, though expect things to go pear shaped if no one sings him "Soft Kitty"

[sasguru]

Oh and for anyone who has read this thread, is intrigued and doesn't have a maths background but would like to give what we are talking about a go -read this

[proggy]

I have just started reading The Princeton Companion to Mathematic. It's a huge tome, but gives you an overview of much of modern day mathematics, also with history and biographies of prominent Mathematicians. Edited by Fields Medalist Timothy Gower.

[Cliphead]

Oh and for anyone who has read this thread, is intrigued and doesn't have a maths background but would like to give what we are talking about a go -read this

My degree was mostly maths and physics with some astronomy thrown in, enjoyed every aspect of it even although I had to work hard at it.

Diff calc I use every day just for fun and no desire to take maths any further unless it has some use for fun or job. My choice not lack of inteligence or motivation.

[Churchill]

I have just started reading The Princeton Companion to Mathematic. It's a huge tome, but gives you an overview of much of modern day mathematics, also with history and biographies of prominent Mathematicians. Edited by Fields Medalist Timothy Gower.

Just ordered it from Amazon. Thanks.

When I first started work in simulation I did a crash course in Engineering Mathematics. I really must get round to formalising my knowledge. Unfortunately time and finances prevent that at the moment.