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Deligne once built an igloo on the IAS grounds and slept in it with wife. A friend, post-doc there, had to beg him for a week to let him sleep in it, before he
by carlob 13y ago
Deligne once built an igloo on the IAS grounds and slept in it with wife. A friend, post-doc there, had to beg him for a week to let him sleep in it, before he relinquished it and let him try it for a night.
I think this is a wonderful example of how someone at the top of his career (this was only a couple of years ago), can still maintain a childlike wonder towards the world around him.
- StavrosK 13y agoWas it an igloo, or a quinzhee? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinzhee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinzhee The latter is easier to build, and the whole process looks to be a lot of fun. I'll have to try it out.
- carlob 13y agoDefinitely an igloo. He used a squarish paper bin to compress snow and get bricks.