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Just from reading the introduction, this book seems extremely well written, far-reaching, and just plain cool. On days like this, I'm always tempted to drop al
by bitforger 7y ago
Just from reading the introduction, this book seems extremely well written, far-reaching, and just plain cool.
On days like this, I'm always tempted to drop all my current courses and just spend the time reading a book.
- MAXPOOL 7y agoI found this incredible book draft because Scott Aaronsons glowing praise of Avi Wigderson made me curious https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=4156 https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=4156 >Congrats to Avi Wigderson for winning the Knuth Prize. When I was asked to write a supporting nomination letter, my first suggestion was to submit a blank sheet of paper—since for anyone in theoretical computer science, there’s nothing that needs to be said about why Avi should win any awards we have. I hope Avi remains a guiding light of our community for many years to com Avi Wigderson homepage is full of interesting stuff. https://www.math.ias.edu/avi/ https://www.math.ias.edu/avi/
- placebo 7y agoMy exact sentiments. This isn't adding anything of value as an HN comment but I just wanted to share my appreciation of this book as well as my frustration that there are only 24 hours in a day...