Theidlerhour - Bricolage Brain

friend: I don't particularly like Sappho's poetry--

me: But you will lie dead, nor will there be any memory of you, now or in the future, for you will have no share in the Pierian roses, but invisible, in the house of Hades, you will wander to and fro, fluttering with the shadowy ghosts,

This analysis book was published in 1970. At some point in its life before I purchased it last summer (a life which spanned 18 years before I was even born, by the way), it was owned by someone who read every page, and wrote enthusiastic comments in the margins next to particularly thrilling conclusions to proofs. I love this subject, and I share every sentiment with this unknown stranger. I too love the drama of confusion and the triumph of understanding, and I love sharing that experience with this person with whom I have a rare and important commonality. Wherever you are book-commenting analysis enthusiast, I think the world of you. I hope you have a happy life full of abstract mathematics.

I’m permitted to use terms like ‘clearly,’ 'obviously,’ 'it is self-evident,’ and 'it can be shown’ and skip over vast quantities of information to leave you wondering how it is 'clearly’ the case.

Physical chemistry professor (via mathprofessorquotes)

verklempt

(adjective) An untranslatable Yiddish word, verklempt is described as a person who is too emotional to speak. Verbalizing your emotions or the simple act of uttering a word become a challenge. (via wordsnquotes)

I was laughing so hard that’s why it’s so blurry, but I still kind of like it? I miss these guys and our late night adventures.

Nothing could make me more curious about your taxidermy than this.

A recent cartoon for New Scientist.

I love mankind…but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love man in particular.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (via wordsnquotes)