Monthly Archive for February, 2010
0.999…. does = 1
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 14th, 2010
I loved this little problem from math class. 0.999… (with the ellipses representing ‘repeats forever’) equals one. The first time most people see this it doesn’t quite compute, since conceptually people think of 0.999… as ‘always getting closer and closer to 1 – but not quite reaching it – for infinity’. Wrapping your head around [...]
London School of Economics Some fascinating podcasts on the London School of Economics Events page. Recently I’ve been listening to Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman during his three-day event in June 2009, where he dissects the global economic crisis: The Return of Depression Economics Part 1: The sum of all fears The Return of Depression Economics [...]
Adair at one month!
Posted in Baby on Feb 6th, 2010