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I’m Just Not a Math Person…

Posted on May 1, 2020 by kthompson

We as mathematicians seem practically hell-bent on removing the phrase “I’m just not a math person” from students’ vocabularies. Maybe that’s why they scream it so loudly and defiantly? Math has so many tactical advantages over sports and the arts. … Continue reading →

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Stirred, Not Shaken

Posted on April 3, 2020 by kthompson

Screw lemonade. If life gives you lemons, find someone who got vodka and make a martini.

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Submitting

Posted on December 15, 2019 by kthompson

Recently, I have been re-reading Michel Houellebecq’s 2015 novel Submission. It’s about a hedonistic literature professor who sleeps with his students, has the diet of a frat boy, and occasionally does “work” researching an obscure (at least, to me) 19th-century … Continue reading →

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