Good Morning

Veganism

Phil dropped me home last night. He gave me some leftover food from the catering job. A Vegan pie with all the veg such as roast potatoes, runner beans etc. I shall try it tonight. he also gave me some Red Leicester cheese and some cheese biscuits too!

I then noticed this lol! Quite appropriate for the time of year.

Peanuts

Classic Peanuts


.A new exhibition at Somerset House starts today till  3 March 2018 so if you are in The Strand anytime in London it is worth popping in to have a look.

https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/good-grief-charlie-brown

Full Mantis

Now here is a documentary film that  i do want to see - as i hav four of his avant garde jazz solo and duo albums.

Milford Graves  Full lMantis

Scheduling

Another day of slouching around.. Decided that I can pack more into a few days than just a bit every day, so for example, tomorrow a heavy load and then Saturday and the final load on Monday.
 Then I will be clear until the next month's work package.

The itinerary for Friday -

Tonbridge
Tunbridge Wells
Brighton
Hove                 (5 visits)

For Saturday -

Chatham          (4 visits)
Canterbury

Monday -

Maidstone         (4 visits)
Hailsham
Hastings

It is really quite sunny today but some rain is expected tomorrow for my busy Friday lot.

Thursday Thoughts

This morning I did some clothes washing at our communal machines which are top quality Miele machines. I realized also that I need to get more trousers apart from the two denim ones I currently have. However, as I have four charity shop visits coming up in the Kent area I hope to find some that fit me well.

I have just finished the vegetarian pie that Phil gave me last night, and as usual with his cooking, it was delicious. I also had some cheese and biscuits to follow and wished I had a bottle of red vino to go with it.



I have done some reading, listened to Radio 4, and will pop out to the local shop at some point today, perhaps.

I am hoping to get more sales on eBay completed over the weekend. The wonga that comes from these sales does help towards the tight finances.

Black Lightning

Season 2 of Black Lightning is back on Netflix. I have just watched the second episode and I am loving it. I also dig the excellent music in the background. Some cool avant-garde jazz was in the background in this episode.

I wonder when Supergirl will come back or for that matter The Flash?

Book 76 - Ian Stewart "Why Beauty Is Truth: The History of Symmetry"

Ian Stewart "Why Beauty Is Truth: The History of Symmetry" (Basic Books)




The author of this book should have got it proofread by a non-mathematician or scientist, as it is a bit of a mess. He frets aloud about giving lay-readers too much math, and still apparently didn't get a layperson to edit it for him. He avoids giving us equations, choosing instead to explain mathematical ideas in words - but the words are jargon. He explains what a square root is, and then just a few pages later expects us to readily agree that the cubic x (to the third power) = 15x 4 has the obvious solution x = 4." It does?? Ok, Stewart, so whom is your audience? I love mathematical concepts, and I can deal with the maths in them, but I had to give up on this book. I did a scan to the end to be sure, and it didn't get any better or less confusing. A pity, because the idea of symmetry lies at all the building blocks of physical reality.

The only redeeming factor I can give this tome is the short biographies of the various mathematicians. they were enlightening and entertaining. I was especially struck that so many of the math geniuses were also linguistic prodigies as well.

Fine as a book on the history of the mathematics but not so good on defining symmetries.

Good Night