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George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · 19h

Wearing face-concealing masks - seems like it's the same folks who are kidnapping people off US streets.

George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · 14d

2/2 The book Mathematics for Physics and Physicists by Appel has a higher level of mathematical rigour than is typical, which makes it very appealing as a read for me. I doubt that it is appropriate for a US/Canada course. Read the praise link (if interested) at
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Mathematics for Physics and Physicists

press.princeton.edu

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George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · 14d

1/2 I used Boas for an undergrad mathematical methods course that I taught at WVU in 2003. Afrken was the text for the grad course at the time. I liked Boas, but it might not be at a high enough level for your course.

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George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · Sep 3

Daughter just turned 19, and is in second-year uni. Drama hasn't ended. 🤣

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George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · Sep 3

Learned fortran long ago in high school. 3 days for each (attempt at a ) run of a program. Cards sent by bus to nearest uni, program run on computer, cards sent by bus back to high school. Had an amazing teacher; CS grad from U Waterloo. We worked on several projects at once, so we we always busy.

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George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · Aug 22

Doesn't seem light a bright idea to me.

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George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · Aug 20

Temperature here 6 days ago

George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · Jul 31

"I have been in the PI business"
Pun intended?

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George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · Jul 13

What happens in Vegas ...

George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · Jul 6

Example: My 19-y-o Canadian daughter ticks? I am white. My white father moved to Canada from the UK at 14. My mother's father is french Quebecois. My wife is brown. She moved from Pakistan to Nigeria when she was 14, and from Nigeria to Canada when she was 17. Daughter speaks English, French Urdu.

George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · Jul 6

I like South Asian spicy. When ordering, I point to my Pakistani wife and say "I like it spicier than she does."

Wife's father's friend said to wife's father " What does George eat when he stays with you?" Wife's father's reply "George eats what we eat."

George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · Jul 3

Woke up to this sad news.

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George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · Jun 15

One of my favourites.

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George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · Jun 12

A ballsy move.

George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · Jun 12

2/2 But I agree that the influence needs to be earlier - more female elementary school teachers who are confident with math.

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George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · Jun 12

1/2 Role models matter. Anecdotal evidence: my wife's mother was a high school maths teacher in Pakistan, my wife is a high school maths teacher here in BC Canada, and now our daughter, who just finished 1st-year uni, wants to be a high school maths teacher.

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George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · Jun 12

The investigative journalist Catherine Heathcote from the 2008 mini-series Place of Execution.

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George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · Jun 11

Stayed up reading an Icelandic murder mystery until the Moon reached its "highest" elevation. Wow! So low. Murder mystery, eerie full Moon - had to look under the bed before I went to sleep.

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George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · Jun 3

2/2 Kate Owens: "When you finish a PhD in mathematics, they take you to a special room and explain that i isn't the only imaginary number - turns out that all the numbers are imaginary, even the one that are real."

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George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · Jun 3

1/2 It is common for folks to say "the imaginary numbers are just as real as the real numbers", when really it should be something like "the real numbers are just as imaginary as the imaginary numbers."

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George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · May 23

I got married late in life, but when I did marry (22 years ago), it was to a brown, Pakistani woman. trilingual (English, French, Urdu) daughter looks more Pakistani than gora.

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George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · May 23

Too much of a hassle to track the tassel.

George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · May 22

This is horrible!

I hope the "rules" get sorted before the 2026 soccer World Cup.

George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · May 22

And a teenager's foot doesn't. My wife "performed the experiment" on our daughter.

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George Jones @georgeljones.bsky.social · May 14

Murder mysteries. Two of my favourites are Lewis (have most of it on DVD) and Vera. Star Trek TOS (from when I was a kid); have it all on DVD.

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