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I hope they have a quality editor. Would hate to have a situation where they made a mistake on page 5, rendering the subsequent 495 pages worthless gibberish wi

I hope they have a quality editor. Would hate to have a situation where they made a mistake on page 5, rendering the subsequent 495 pages worthless gibberish without a correction. (I know there's a bit from a TV show or movie like this, but I can't recall where. Maybe Good Will Hunting?) On a serious note, I'm wondering how approachable this book is to non-mathematicians. I mean, I've had more formal math education than your average lay person, but I've also hardly used most of it since college. I'm curious if it'd be a worthwhile read or just something that'd end up sitting on my shelf, mostly unread...

leephillips 5y ago
It will only cost you a little over a Benjamin to find out.
philipswood 5y ago
Was the movie you remember maybe "Proof"? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_(2005_film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_(2005_film) PS: it had a mathematician with a band that did an imaginary number in it.
slim 5y ago
It's peppa pig episode where mommy pig writes a book and george overflows the buffer of her computer by scoring very high in the chicken game
- dqv 5y ago
  Oh my god that's hilarious Here's the link: https://youtu.be/IMAav163SFQ?t=42 https://youtu.be/IMAav163SFQ?t=42
- skinkestek 5y ago
  It gets better: it is used in at least one but do I think two or possibly more later episodes. The one that pops into my mind is the one where the kids dress up as something from their favourite book and the Elephant kid dresses up as the very long number from Mummy Pigs book. For some reason even while I'd much prefer silence, Peppa Pig doesn't annoy me as much as certain other kids tv shows. Maybe it is the lack of lessons to learn, that everyone messes upnor something like that?
red_trumpet 5y ago
As a mathematician myself, I highly doubt it would be readable for non-mathematicians. Typically reading math books is work, even for mathematicians, and not so much something you do to relax in the evening.

leephillips 5y ago

It will only cost you a little over a Benjamin to find out.

philipswood 5y ago

Was the movie you remember maybe "Proof"? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_(2005_film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_(2005_film) PS: it had a mathematician with a band that did an imaginary number in it.

slim 5y ago

It's peppa pig episode where mommy pig writes a book and george overflows the buffer of her computer by scoring very high in the chicken game

dqv 5y ago
Oh my god that's hilarious Here's the link: https://youtu.be/IMAav163SFQ?t=42 https://youtu.be/IMAav163SFQ?t=42
skinkestek 5y ago
It gets better: it is used in at least one but do I think two or possibly more later episodes. The one that pops into my mind is the one where the kids dress up as something from their favourite book and the Elephant kid dresses up as the very long number from Mummy Pigs book. For some reason even while I'd much prefer silence, Peppa Pig doesn't annoy me as much as certain other kids tv shows. Maybe it is the lack of lessons to learn, that everyone messes upnor something like that?

red_trumpet 5y ago

As a mathematician myself, I highly doubt it would be readable for non-mathematicians. Typically reading math books is work, even for mathematicians, and not so much something you do to relax in the evening.