Learning mathematics is good for the soul

At The n-Category Café David Corfield is talking about mathematical emotions. This is about ‘emotions belonging to mathematical thinking’, specific feeling related to mathematical intuition, meaning and sense of the rightness. In the end he is referencing to spiritual motivation of mathematics. From myself I add that those thoughts are closely related to the last book of Neal Stephenson – Anathem

10,000 Year Clock construction is moving forward

Via slashdot


And if you are reading this blog and havn’t read Anathem yet, you should give it try :)