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I can confirm all of this is true. I mean, I don’t know how close SyneRyder was to spitting out coffee (or even if they were drinking coffee? how deep does this go?) but everything else is a fact.

Sadly I was only hanging out at the live event (as the so-called “entertainment”).

Hello! It’s been a long time since playing slime volleyball on translucent iMacs.

They are 3½. We’re not monsters.

Good point but the book is very clear about how unusual Erdős was and talks about the lives of more normal mathematicians he worked with.

Thanks! I enjoyed that evening in the museum. My spherical camera is still working as well.

For a modern popular math book I would recommend The Man Who Loved Only Numbers (by Paul Hoffman) about the life Paul Erdős. Is a great intro to the life of a working mathematician and a bit about proof.

The classic text is How To Solve It (by Georg Pólya). A bit antiquated but still good.

Beyond that: find an introductory text book to a subject and start trying the worked examples!

Yes: I normally lurk on HN. But people started messaging me when this reached the top, of course. I can confirm I don’t know or have any connection with the OP.

That is a great observation. It reminds me of when I was recording my latest DVD special, also available on download and floppy disk.

http://festivalofthespokennerd.com/dvd

Hello everyone. Didn’t expect to see myself here. I was so startled I made an account.

Ah… you’ll probably enjoy my new book about maths mistakes. Check if your favourite programming error is in there!

http://wwwh.umble-pi.com