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Re: Intro and the idea of a R2R blog

Kowabunga!

--- In rtrfans@yahoogroups.com, Story Bored <storybored2003@...> wrote:
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> Good question, Thomas. And the good news is....
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> http://wordpress.com/blog/2007/02/17/math-for-the-masses/
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> ...alright!
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> /SB
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Wed Sep 5, 2007 2:44 pm

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Hello, like everyone else in this group I'm fascinated by physics and a bit frustrated by popularizations that steer clear of the math. Without the math, i...
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Sep 2, 2007
10:13 pm

SB, I think that an interesting idea and I will participate. I have gotten a bunch of math books to try and figure out more of what Penrose is writing. (I am...
Thomas
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Sep 2, 2007
11:53 pm

Thanks, Thomas, that's terrific! I figure I'll need lots of help and will try as well to help out as much as i can. I hope to be in this for the long haul and...
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Sep 3, 2007
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Hi, It would be really helpful for folks like me. My background is Mechanical Engineering / Industrial Engineering. I started the book but couldn't go forward...
Rajkumar Sundaram
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Sep 3, 2007
2:38 pm

Great, Raj! One of the major reasons i would like to do this is that if we work together, the more we can learn, plus more fun to boot. Safety in numbers! SB ...
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Sep 4, 2007
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I have read the first 16 chapters, but cannot say that I understood all the math that he introduces. I have been buying books, mostly the Dover publications...
Thomas
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Sep 4, 2007
3:46 pm

Sixteen chapters is a pretty good accomplishment, I'd say! I have no knowledge of tensors but am keen to learn when i get to that point. I've poked around on...
Story Bored
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Sep 4, 2007
9:07 pm

SB, Blog sounds like a good idea. Will it accommodate equations? I have dabbled with LaTeX and I think it has an easy syntax for adding just equations....
Thomas
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9:49 pm

Good question, Thomas. And the good news is.... http://wordpress.com/blog/2007/02/17/math-for-the-masses/ ...alright! /SB Thomas <krt2054@...> wrote:...
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Kowabunga!...
Thomas
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