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March 17, 2011

Zen in the art of teaching Maths

Filed under: Mathematics — Tags: , , , — Gabriel Solari @ 3:49 am

I’ve always been interested in to know about Zen buddhism, and for many years I looked for a book called “Zen in the art of Archery“, written by the german author Eugen Herrigel. The title of the book always seemed intriguing to me.

Well, last week I was lucky, found it in a bookshop and started reading it as soon as I came home

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February 10, 2011

Mathematician’s delight

Filed under: Mathematics — Tags: , — Gabriel Solari @ 6:08 pm

During my summer holidays  I read some books at the beach. I usually take with me novels and Maths-related books.

This year selection included: “The razor’s edge” by Somerset Maugham, “Remains of the day” by Kazuo Ishiguro,”Taming the infinite” by Ian Stewart and “Mathematician’s delight” by W.W. Sawyer.

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