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Richard Feynman. A Life in Science, John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin (ISBN 978-1-78578-372-2, Iconbooks)
During my physics studies at university I became a fan of Feynman. His path integral formulation of quantum mechanics was a revelation after years of plodding through the standard formalisms by Heisenberg and Schrödinger and the mists surrounding the question what it all meant physically. Especially the fact that this approach was also applicable to […]
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Exercised. Why something we never evolved to do is healthy and rewarding, Daniel E. Lieberman (ISBN 978-0-525-43478-8, Vintage Books)
I heard about this book in a podcast about running. 2 journalists discussed their own running habits and struggles and one of them mentioned this book as a good one to read. I definitely found it interesting as it gives insights from an evolutionary perspective to why so many people struggle to exercise even though […]
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Bombelli’s formula to calculate the square root of 2
We owe following formula to Bombelli, approximately 1572 :
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Some strange formulas containing pi
A couple of series to calculate pi, first one is from Leibniz
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pi approximations
Some approximations for pi :
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My Journey to 500K: Running Challenges and Consistency
Ever since I started running again in 2020 during the Covid shut down I have been struggling to keep the momentum going over the year. I had set my yearly target in Strava at 500k but there always seemed to be something to make me ‘stumble’ and stop running for a while. So last year […]
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Life Lessons from Feynman: Laughter and Compassion
‘My mother taught me that the highest forms of understanding that we can achieve are laughter, and human compassion.‘― Richard Feynman
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Wondering Feynman
‘I wonder why.I wonder why. I wonder why I wonder. I wonder why I wonder why. I wonder why I wonder!‘― Richard Feynman
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Nickel and Dimed. On (not) getting by in America, Barbara Ehrenreich (ISBN 9780805063899, Henry Holt & Company)
I finally read this book last week after it had been sitting on a shelf for a decade. Ehrenreich is a journalist who got asked by a publisher to write a piece about the living conditions of low wage workers in America. She decided to find out by getting such a job herself and mimic […]
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Understanding Government Attitudes Towards Competition
‘Don’t steal, the government hates competition.‘― Bumper sticker
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