May 2009 - Posts - Filter Coffee

May 2009 - Posts

Bhaarat's Varsha

Posted by Ravi Mundoli at 
Yes, I know, I've blogged about this before . But what to do ya , it's that time of the year and can't be avoided. Especially when you're sitting in salubrious Chennai and are basically a walking talking puddle. Anyway, this post is less about wet starlets and monsoon raaginis , and a lot more about history, geekiness, and Murugan Idli...

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Renaissance

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A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct. -- From Manual of Muad'Dib by the Princess Irulan What better way to start off a new blog than with a hi-falutin' sounding bon mot that only geeks of a certain bent of mind are likely to have come across. Nevertheless, Frank Herbert's epic Dune saga...

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Sowing the Wind

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Our favourite historian has delivered again. From the manner in which he delivers, one begins to imagine he is trained in the innards of Pizza Hut, or Dominos or somesuch. Or not. Practically the very first post at the choultry involved this man, and two years and many biryanis down the line, we find ourselves gushing over him again. On New Year's...

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The Empire Strikes Back

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Borrowed Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World by Niall Ferguson from a friend this weekend. Have not yet started it, but desultory flipping through has happened. There is a long review available, possibly more. The thrust of the book is that on balance, the existence of the British Empire did more good than harm. According to him, it is responsible...

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Amtrakking Across America

Posted by Ravi Mundoli at 
We've run out of things to write home about. So we'll just regurgigate something written a while back and point at the blog and say, "Its alive!!". Also a chance to see if this photoblog thingumabob works in the specified manner. Notes on a Philadelphia-Chicago-Oakland trip. Thanks are due to Falstaff (who, we notice today, also writes...

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See how small we are...

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See how small we are... (click on the picture to expand) Share this post: email it! | del.icio.us! | digg it! | newsVine!

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eiθ = cos θ + i sin θ? Ha ha ha...

Posted by Ravi Mundoli at 
It's been a while since we did a post on mathematics. A young hedonist in New York posted a delightful piece about mathematical encounters on Broadway and 102 nd , and this has inspired us to dust off a few items. Serious things first. Most Indians have heard of G. H. Hardy of course, as Srinivasa Ramanujan's correspondent, mentor, teacher,...

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The Mathematics Genealogy Project

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In which the below mentioned is about the above mentioned The Mathematics Genealogy Project is one of those internet curiosities that are worth visiting from time to time. The algorithm is fairly simple. ∀x|x∈M(the set of all doctorates in mathematics) find x's adviser For example, take Ludwig's onetime roommate . Boy is widely recognized to...

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