What now, bitches?

I cannot get over how funny this is. Oh, the hilarity.

I love math.

From Fail.

Godel is such a pain in the ass

One of the staples of college mathematics (and philosophy) is Godel's statement "I am a liar". If he's telling the truth, then he's a liar. But if he's a liar, then he can't tell the truth. See the conundrum? This statement right here almost caused the demise of modern mathematics. So when my new favorite comic strip xkcd published this this morning, I could appreciate.

xkcd - a comic for the rest of us

I found this comic online. It's a "webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language. How is this not perfect for the geek in me?

Here's a sample:

A Mathematical Romp

Those great guys over at Neatorama, who are forever distracting me from whatever task may be at hand, have posted a great video: a parody of I Will Survive. Ladies and gent's, I give you, "I Will Derive"



Mmmm...calculus

Literature Review

I finished reading this book a couple weeks ago, and apologize for procrastinating in posting my opinions.

Let me preface this review by saying that I am a math geek. I received my bachelors in mathematics, and am therefore predisposed to math-based literature (i.e. The Man Who Loved Only Numbers, Foucault’s Pendulum, and Life of Pi, which turned out to be a misunderstanding).

When I read the blurb about this book, I was immediately hooked. A fading child prodigy has a penchant for dating girls named Katherine, and when #19 dumps him for being too needy, he and his best friend take a road trip to East Bumblefuck, where he attempts to create an algorithm predicting love. In the process, he has epiphanies, falls in love, yada yada yada.

While the actual math in the book is obviously there to look complicated and not to actually do anything, I can overlook it for its easy banter. Seriously, fabulous book. Easily in my top 20. It’s charming, easy to read, the characters are relatable and likeable. Nice to read books like this. Usually I’m disappointed; not this time.

Sexy-ass math tattoos

And I thought my pi was cool. These put my pi to shame. Now I'll have to get something more complex, like e to the i pi plus 1.