“Compared with the elegant inventions of the theorists, nature's code seemed a bit of a kludge.”
Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 4, Inventing The Genetic Code, p. 66
Brian Hayes is an American scientist, columnist and author.
He is a senior writer and regular columnist for the magazine American Scientist, and was editor in chief for the magazine from 1990 to 1992. He has also edited and written columns for Scientific American, as well as writing for Computer Language and The Sciences. He won a National Magazine Award for his essay "Clock of Ages" in 2000.He is the author of three books:
Infrastructure: A Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape .
Group Theory in the Bedroom, and Other Mathematical Diversions .
Foolproof, and Other Mathematical Meditations
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“Compared with the elegant inventions of the theorists, nature's code seemed a bit of a kludge.”
Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 4, Inventing The Genetic Code, p. 66
“How can we measure the effects if we can't even count the dead to the nearest million?”
Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 5, Statistics Of Deadly Quarrels, p. 105
Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 1, Clock Of Ages, p. 7
Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 11, Identity Crisis, p. 215
Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 11, Identity Crisis, p. 206 (See also: George Cantor)
Preface, p. x
Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008)
Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 7, On The Teeth Of Wheels, p. 138
“The whirling gears of progress have put the gear makers out of work.”
Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 7, On The Teeth Of Wheels, p. 139
Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 12, Group Theory In The Bedroom, p. 229
Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 5, Statistics Of Deadly Quarrels, p. 89
Variant: I'm not a gambling person, but I've been around long enough and I know how to play it.
Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 12, Group Theory In The Bedroom, p. 232
“The fact is, winding and dusting and fixing somebody else's clock is boring.”
Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 1, Clock Of Ages, p. 18
Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 2, Random Resources, p. 35
Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 3, Follow The Money, p. 61
Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 3, Follow The Money, p. 47
Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 2, Random Resources, p. 23
“Empires come and go; so do ideologies and even religions, but war marches on through it all.”
Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 5, Statistics Of Deadly Quarrels, p. 103
Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 11, Identity Crisis, p. 213
Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 5, Statistics Of Deadly Quarrels, p. 101 (On: Lewis Fry Richardson)
Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 11, Identity Crisis, p. 203