Comments for Social Mathematics http://samus.wordpress.com The interaction between mathematics and the modern day world. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:31:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Leaving up the Scaffolding by umar http://samus.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/leaving-up-the-scaffolding/#comment-188 umar Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:31:29 +0000 http://samus.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-188 i am umar working as a hse officer. It is very beautiful imagen & powerfull scaffolding. i am umar working as a hse officer. It is very beautiful imagen & powerfull scaffolding.

]]> Comment on Doing something hard by Reference Librarian http://samus.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/doing-something-hard/#comment-187 Reference Librarian Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:11:52 +0000 http://samus.wordpress.com/?p=370#comment-187 I believe your "beautiful saying" is from a Grook by Piet Hein. The original grook is: Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. The interesting thing about all the Grooks is that they are translations from the original Danish. Here's another Grook for PhD students: T. T. T. Put up in a place where it's easy to see the cryptic admonishment T. T. T. When you feel how depressingly slowly you climb, it's well to remember that Things Take Time. I believe your “beautiful saying” is from a Grook by Piet Hein. The original grook is:

Problems worthy
of attack
prove their worth
by hitting back.

The interesting thing about all the Grooks is that they are translations from the original Danish.

Here’s another Grook for PhD students:

T. T. T.

Put up in a place
where it’s easy to see
the cryptic admonishment
T. T. T.

When you feel how depressingly
slowly you climb,
it’s well to remember that
Things Take Time.

]]> Comment on Why do Mathematicians do science? by kibrolv http://samus.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/math_plus_science/#comment-186 kibrolv Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:40:19 +0000 http://samus.wordpress.com/?p=358#comment-186 math for fun; science for money. math for fun; science for money.

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