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Discovering The Expanding Universe, Harry Nussbaumer and Lydia Bieri (ISBN 978-0-521-51484-2, CUP)
This book from Cambridge University Press was first published in 2009. As the title suggests this is a history of how the expanding universe was discovered. Although all mathematics are banned to an appendix you should not expect a typical popular science book. The 187 pages spread over 18 short chapters deal with the most…
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The Power of Belief
‘The power of belief resides in its ability to do four things: belief creates vision; belief creates strength of will; belief creates resilience; belief ignites and activates.’― Eva de Goede
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Ter Helme 2022
To keep up the good traditions we went and spent a few days at Ter Helme again this year with the family. This year was a the 10th time we went. As in most editions we arrived on Saturday and left on Wednesday. We have often discussed going somewhere else but there is no big…
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Hard Target
Hard Target is an action movie from 1993 starring Jean Claude Van Damme and directed by John Woo. It was the first movie by John Woo after migrating from Hong Kong to the US. It contains many signature style elements like the white dove flying into the room in action sequences. Hard Target ‘introduced’ the…
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Top Gun
A few weeks ago I read a review of the new Top Gun, Maverick. Originally I wasn’t planning to go and watch it any time soon but from the review it became evident that would benefit visually from watching it on a large screen. And the reviewer didn’t write it was complete crap. So, with…
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Hockey Women’s World Cup in Amstelveen
On Sunday July 3rd we went to watch 2 games in Amstelveen. As it was only a 2 hour drive it was an opportunity to watch the Dutch team play against Germany. As a bonus we could watch England play India as well. With Maddie Hinch in the goal for England this was a bonus…
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Men of Mathematics, Eric Temple Bell (ISBN 978-0-6716-2818-5, Simon & Schuster)
A ‘classic’ from 1937. The subtitle is ‘The Lives and Achievements of the Great Mathematicians from Zeno to Poincaré’. This is not completely correct as the last chapter is dedicated to Cantor and not to Poincaré. The penultimate chapter is for Poincaré. The first chapter is as usual an introduction and Zeno is tackled in…
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Koga Signature (aka Newtonian Motion)
About 20 years ago I bought myself a Koga Signature. I was working in The Netherlands at the time and the government still subsidised the purchase of bicycles. You could trade in some of your vacation days for money to buy a bike. I cannot remember the exact amount you could trade in but as…
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