Exploring Extreme Programming
See also “The Gerrymander Game – Part 2, TDD“ A few weeks ago, Mike Hill published this tweet: “q: how many ways are there to partition a 5×5 tile square into 5 pieces, each containing 5 orthogonally contiguous tiles?” (https://twitter.com/GeePawHill/status/1377772922132176900). Continue reading The Gerrymander Game – Part 1, Puzzle
In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World, by Ian Stewart. Stewart explores a variety of important equations, including: Each equation gets a little one-page summary, and a chapter of explanation. I can’t say I could re-trace Continue reading Review: In Pursuit of the Unknown (Ian Stewart)
Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics, by William Dunham. ISBN 014014739X. Penguin, 1991. This book is a wonderful mix of proofs and history. The proofs are interesting (and showed me how rusty I am on some of this), Continue reading Review – Journey through Genius