Will they please stop publishing great books!

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by nitro, Jun 15, 2005.

  1. nitro

    nitro

    Visions of Infinity: The Great Mathematical Problems
    by Ian Stewart

    http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/visions-of-infinity-ian-stewart/1112615835?ean=9780465022403

    What a great book. Rarely do books go into real mathematics. This one does and gives an inkling of what real mathematicians do. One thing that this books does that few others do in the subject is to explain why some mathematical problems are famous - the solution is not what is solely important, but whether the technique used to solve it leads to some insight into the structure of mathematics itself.

    My favorite is the Hodge Conjecture (if I had to choose), but any one of these problems is extremely elegant and has led to amazing insights into mathematics.

    Well worth the read.
     
    #401     Jul 4, 2013
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    nitro

    #402     Jul 31, 2013
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    nitro

    If you liked this book, you will love
    Surviving Survival: The Art and Science of Resilience

    http://www.amazon.com/Surviving-Sur...1377464479&sr=8-1&keywords=surviving+survival

    The stories are incredible, and the resiliency of the human spirit is inspiring. No matter what has happened to you, the stories herein will put things in perspective.

    It is simply impossible to put down.
     
    #403     Aug 25, 2013
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    #404     Aug 26, 2013
  5. nitro

    nitro

    "Love is happy when it is able to give something.
    The Ego is happy when it is able to take something." - Osho

    More Osho quotes:

    http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2856822.Osho

    My favorites:

    "Be - Don't try to become" - Osho

    “To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it.”
    ― Osho

    Or said another way:

    "Nemo vir est qui mundum non reddat meliorem"

     
    #405     Aug 26, 2013

  6. This link takes me to facebook and I am not with facebook.Is it worth joining facebook?
     
    #406     Aug 26, 2013
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    nitro

    #407     Aug 26, 2013
  8. Thanks Nitro

    I was aware of that site. I am a disciple of Osho for many years . I would like to read some good stuff on oneness. Hope you might be able to help. Thanks
     
    #408     Aug 26, 2013
  9. I recently came across books by Scovel-Shinn. I find them so wonderful.
     
    #409     Aug 31, 2013
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