Martin Gardner RIP

I started reading Martin Gardner's books in secondary school. He introduced me to a wonderful collection of mathematical entertainments - hexaflexagons,  Conway's life, The Unexpected Hanging, ... I'm sad he's gone.


Mr Wiki, MSMBC

Mathematics is like unicorn anatomy

The best one liner I've read in ages. See this interview with Tom Henderson.

Management and Mathematics

Very interesting piece by Edsger Dijkstra. Things have changed since 1986. Or maybe not.

Thanks to Y Combinator Startup News