Robert Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Robert

Today I became aware of the Weierstrass function, which is continuous everywhere and differentiable nowhere on the real line. Thanks to Julian Havil's excellent "Curves for the Mathematically Curious". #Maths #Mathematics https://t.co/KyQgS1BPmo

Robert

Svante Pääbo wins the Nobel in medicine. He and his team recovered mitochondrial DNA from Neanderthal bones found in 1856, & sequence it. In his 2014 book "Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes, Pääbo wrote: "Neanderthal DNA seemed like the coolest thing imaginable to me". https://t.co/ULfdqe3TpF

Robert

Just saw "The Picture of Dorian Gray" at the Arts Centre Melbourne. Its an amazing adaptation by the Sydney Theatre Company of Oscar Wilde's story. The actress Eryn Jean Norvill plays 26 characters over 2 hours in an incredible performance. https://t.co/tyjx208lZr

Robert

"How We Learn" by Stanislas Dehaene Really amazing book. Lots hardcore science written in an accessible way, and relevant to real-world problems. #Science writing at its very best. #neuroscience #brain #psychology #books https://t.co/fHpf4QauI2

Robert

Currently plowing through this amazing and unique book, "In Pursuit of Zeta-3" by Paul Nahin. It's going to take a while. https://t.co/3HLInr78wA

Robert

Just saw "The Picture of Dorian Gray" at the Arts Centre Melbourne. Its an amazing adaptation by the Sydney Theatre Company of Oscar Wilde's story. The actress Eryn Jean Norvill plays 26 characters over 2 hours in an incredible performance. https://t.co/tyjx208lZr

Robert

Just finished "Rationality" by Steven Pinker. A nice entertaining book that covers the tools of rational thinking - probability theory, logic, game theory, causal inference, & also the importance of rational thinking. Not so original (seen it all before), but still a great read. https://t.co/dJ5GEt9gmW

Robert

@curiouswavefn Unfortunately, Arthur Koestler also promoted the "triune" brain in his influential book "The Ghost in the Machine". He suggested that conflicts between the three brains are the cause of paranoia.

Robert

I had a lot of fun reading "Prime Numbers and the Riemann Hypothesis" by Mazur and Stein The first half is non-technical and would appeal to anybody curious about the world of prime numbers. And the second half is not too demanding but very informative. #maths #Mathematics https://t.co/vFRFKlKlxb

Robert

Just read "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro. A beautifully written, subtle, and ultimately tragic story by an amazingly skilled writer. I can't recommend it highly enough. #books #Literature #Reading https://t.co/a8jsRP6WxN