The Mighty Mathematician You’ve Never Heard Of

From NYTimes.

My brain at the moment

Happy Pi Day (3/14)

[The brackets in title are just to annoy you].

You can celebrate by eating a pie (if you are a vegetarian) or marathi py, aka leg piece (if you are a non vegetarian).

It is also Einstein's birthday. So take a moment to remember one of the greatest minds who ever lived.

Not much change

I used to collect rare coins as a child.
These days any coin will do.

Amazing..

SCOOPING THE LOOP SNOOPER.

From a weekend trip to lavasa

With time..

..a man learns to wait for paperbacks.
[wisdom after buying Barrow's Book of Universes]

Like on a number line..

..there are far more irrationals than rationals here too.

Don't Kid Yourself.

It is not as easy as it sounds, but please don't.

Face Painting and Holi Celebrations at Company

I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

The Artist

Watched The Artist over the weekend. I was prepared not to like it. It's black and white, I was told. Plus it had 'art' in its name. Plus it won Oscars. I did not know it was a silent movie, but that would have just added to my apprehension. It would be an emo-choked-drama-of-a-lone-suffering-artist-against-the-stupid-world, I thought. And I dreaded 'arre usme itna art hai' discussions.

So here's the deal. The movie is delightful! It has art too, but the movie manages to be much effective by being, well, silent about it. Kudos to all the actors for saying so much without words. And the direction is superb. Definitely a must watch.

Last three books

Yes, that's the best title I could come up with. But finding enough energy to write this post is joy enough.

Edison on Innovation: This is a small book which tries to teach lessons about Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Innovation by drawing on Edison's life. The actual 'lessons' are not much to write about, but it was nice to delve into Edison's life once again (I devoured a biography of him as a schoolboy).

Jack: Autobiography of Mr. Welch who as the CEO from 1981 to 2000 grew GE from a 18bn company to a 550bn company [side note: Edison was the founder of GE]. The book focuses mostly on his professional life. The writing is lucid and you will learn quite a bit, even if you don't agree with everything he has to say.

The Pixar Touch: The history of Pixar from its earliest days as a Grahics computer maker (The ill fated pixar image computer, which Pixar itself only used for a single film) to the king of animation. A terrific read full of interesting nuggets, including how Toy Story and its bretheren got made. And you will pick a thing or two about animation.

Enjoy!

Brain on holiday

Thought you should know.