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Infinite Powers
Infinite PowersBy Steven StrogatzHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, 2019 Okay, I admit it, even for me this is a geeky book. Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe is about the history of calculus and its impact on … Continue reading
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Mr. O’Byrne
I’ve been remembering my high school calculus teacher, Mr. O’Byrne, over the last few days. It started while I was reading a lengthy article about neural networks and how they’re trained using backpropagation and analytic gradients. There’s not that much … Continue reading
