• Foreign Mathematics

    I got back on campus last weekend after a week stop in Istanbul. I have to say, the city is full of amazing things to see, but one thing in particular got my attention. When I first got hold of a Turkish 10 lira bill, I noticed a mathematical formula written in small on its [...]

    Posted on Jan 10.11 to Mathematics   

  • The Drunkard’s Walk

    I was walking to a lecture this afternoon when a new poster in one of the engineering building captured my attention. It was about the next Perimeter Institute public lecture entitled The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives. A weird coincidence since it happened to be the title of the last book I read. [...]

    Posted on Apr 04.09 to Books