yep, but it took her longer than any other maths problem she'd ever seen though
i think she spent an afternoon over it...
i did a bit of a rant over that to Mrs S (she's read them before me) and when BBC 4 repeated Simon Singh's Hozizon about its proper solving i kept digging her in the ribs and making pointed remarks as i made her watch it.
i'm really ace like that.
Posted By: Ralf Scrampton on February 14th 2011 at 17:44:27
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- i have bookmarked that (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 14, 17:48:48
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- I quite enjoyed it. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 14, 17:26:09
- only because the interesting plot was stolen verbatim from Richard Leigh and the other one (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 14, 18:52:55
- I quite enjoyed it. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 14, 17:26:09
- Quite possibly two of the worst books ever written (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Feb 14, 17:17:36
- have you ever read Meltdown by Ben Elton? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 14, 17:32:06
- Man and Boy is truely awful (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Feb 14, 17:41:48
- i didnt read them (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 14, 17:18:43
- Do yourself a flavour - DON'T! (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Feb 14, 17:21:08
- the plot for the second one did descend into lunacy 2/3rds in (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 14, 17:24:49
- did it mention Fermat's Last Theorum? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 14, 17:34:21
- Ha, yes. She proved it, didn't she. (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 14, 17:37:40
- yep, but it took her longer than any other maths problem she'd ever seen though (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 14, 17:44:27
- Maybe she just remembered the solution from Singh's book (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Feb 14, 17:59:21
- yep, but it took her longer than any other maths problem she'd ever seen though (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 14, 17:44:27
- can't recall any mention of cocktails to be honest (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 14, 17:36:51
- *Theorem* (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 14, 17:36:18
- Ha, yes. She proved it, didn't she. (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 14, 17:37:40
- did it mention Fermat's Last Theorum? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 14, 17:34:21
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- A classic! (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Feb 14, 17:29:36
- the plot for the second one did descend into lunacy 2/3rds in (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 14, 17:24:49
- FFS !! (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 14, 17:19:37
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