Interesting Articles and Other Curiosities
Table of Contents
1 On Math
- The Historical Development of Algebraic Geometry, J. Dieudonné.
- Structure vs. Observation, S. Tsampas and Amin Karamlou, guest post on the nCategory Café.
- Why Deformations Are Cohomological, M. Anel.
- Structure in Mathematics and Logic: A Categorical Perspective, and Structuralism, Invariance, and Univalence, S. Awodey.
- Group Cohomology and Homotopy Fixed Points, J. Baez.
- A Cohomological Viewpoint on Elementary School Arithmetic, D. Isaksen. Also related is this nLab article about carrying.
2 On the Study of Math
- The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences, E. Wigner.
- On teaching mathematics, V. Arnold.
- Five Stages of Accepting Constructive Mathematics, A. Bauer.
- The Two Cultures of Mathematics, W.T. Gowers.
- The Ideal Mathematician, P. David, R. Hersh.
- The Study of Mathematics, B. Russell.
- How to Write Mathematics, P.R. Halmos.
- A Drifter of Dadaist Persuasion, M. Marcolli
3 Miscellanea
- Politics and the English Language, George Orwell.
- The Forms of Capital, Pierre Bourdieu.
- Who, by very slow decay, Slatestarcodex.
- Haveli: A Cinematic Topos, now superceded by Where Histories Reside: India as Filmed Space, (which I am yet to read) by Priya Jaikumar.
- On Locational Privacy, and How to Avoid Losing it Forever, Andrew J. Blumberg, Peter Eckersley.
- The Categories Were Made For Man, Not Man For Categories, Scott Alexander.
4 Other curiosities
- Mathematical Impressions, A. Fomenko. - An index of Fomenko's incredibly beautiful and slightly horrifying mathematical art with explanations. (Fair warning that this is the homepage of his cult, so tread with caution).
- Rekhta - A free website hosting Urdu poetry.
- Radiooooo - A musical time machine.