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Bush tried the Bible once, but didn’t inhale . . .
Bush tried the Bible once, but didn’t inhale . . . That is to say, he claims not to take it literally! What’s that sound you ask? It’s the sound of millions of Christian Conservatives’ jaws hitting the floor. Of course, he only chose to reveal this small fact in the closing days of his administration – almost... »
Next week I’ll be mostly reading about Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Nicholas Taleb has made a lot of money from the stock markets in the past, being accredited with developing sophisticated financial instruments known as derivatives. He has also made a lot of money in the wake of the recent financial meltdown. Taleb also uses the “Black Swan” event to demonstrate how we fool... »
Fractal Zoom
This week I’ll be mostly reading about Benoit Mandelbrot. Mandelbrot famously gave us the Mandelbrot Set, fractals and fractal geometry from his research in the 1950’s through to the late 1970’s. He has presented his work in 1982 in the seminal “Fractal Geometry of Nature” which has become a classic in Chaos Theory. Mandelbrot found fractal... »
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