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Book: Humble Pi

Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World
(Amazon) by Matt Parker

Mathematicians aren’t people who find math easy; they’re people who enjoy how hard it is.

I’m no mathematician, but I really enjoyed this book. Come for the math, stay for the stories.

If you would enjoy hearing about the 500-mile email, about catching students that lie about flipping a coin, or about the “Galloping Gertie” bridge collapse; well, this book is for you.

The 500-mile email story is legendary in IT circles. You can read about it here.

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Brethren History – Conservative to Liberal

Biblical Brethren Fellowship from 2013: When Brethren congregations move from conservative to liberal there are stages or phases they go through. 1. Lack of thorough teaching 2. Practice divorced from policy 3. Matthew 18 replaces church discipline 4. Passive marginalization of conservatives 5. Active opposition of real conservatives 6. Members’

Daily multivitamins do not help people live longer, major study finds

The Guardian: The researchers found no evidence that daily multivitamins reduced the risk of death and reported instead a 4% higher mortality risk among users in the initial years of follow-up. The greater risk of death may reflect the harms multivitamins can cause or a trend for people to start

Four die after drinking from bottles found in sea

BBC: Four Sri Lankan fishermen have died and another two are critically ill after consuming an unknown liquid from bottles they found while at sea, according to local media reports. The sailors were said to be on a fishing trip when they retrieved the bottles around 320 nautical miles from

Interesting Books

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Brethren History – Conservative to Liberal

Daily multivitamins do not help people live longer, major study finds

Four die after drinking from bottles found in sea

Interesting Books