Still haven’t finished the videos for HTTLAM. I have laryngitis so can’t do the voiceover.
Anyhow, leaving that aside, David Mitchell (curmudgeon from Peep Show) wrote an excellent attack on the the Government’s replacement for the RAE, the REF. See it at http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/27/david-mitchell-pointless-studies-survey.
He makes a number of good points, I particularly liked
Research which will obviously make [...]
Archive for the ‘Fun and nonsense’ Category
Videos and REF
Posted in Fun and nonsense, How to think like a mathematician on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After reading How to Think Like a Mathematician
Posted in Fun and nonsense, How to think like a mathematician on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The website Bookseer allows you to enter the name and author of a book to give you a recommendation for a related book to read. Of course I entered HTTLAM and got quite a good list.
The website just uses Amazon and LibraryThing to generate its suggestions. Unfortunately, LibraryThing gives “Nada” as a suggestion for HTTLAM.
The Making of Doctor Houston
Posted in Fun and nonsense, tagged Doctor Who, geometry on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I mentioned in the previous post I am considering a new book in geometry. I’ve recently been thinking about what got me into geometry (and mathematics) more generally. One early memory of the weird world of mathematics comes from Doctor Who. When I was about 10 my older brother borrowed the Making of Doctor Who [...]
Bad Science Book
Posted in Fun and nonsense, tagged Bad science, Ben Goldacre on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve recently finished reading Bad Science by Ben Goldacre. The author has been a champion of common sense and science in his column for the Guardian and his blog. The book is mostly a collection of the stories that have featured in his blog such as Gillian McKeith, MRSA, MMR, homeopathy and so will be familiar to his regular [...]
Coming to a cinema near you…
Posted in Fun and nonsense, How to think like a mathematician, tagged Day the Earth Stood Still, Watchmen on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am currently taking a break from reading the proofs of How to Think Like a Mathematician. I have almost finished, which is just as well as I have to send them back this week.
Anyhow, various films are on the horizon. The worrying news is that there is a re-make of The Day the Earth [...]
Bigfoot has been found
Posted in Fun and nonsense, tagged Bigfoot on August 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Many have doubted the existence of Bigfoot, the giant ape-like creature that lives in the dense wooded areas of the USA. Many have asked, If this creature exists, then why have we never found any remains? But now critics have been silenced by the convincing evidence provided by two men who have found some remains in [...]
The North Will Rise Again…
Posted in Fun and nonsense, tagged North, The Fall on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It seems that some lager-drinking southerners from the Conservative party think that various cities in the north of England should effectively be closed and their inhabitants moved down south for a better life. Today the Guardian newspaper ran an article In praise of the north by various writers saying how great the North is. My only complaint [...]
