How Randomness Rules Our Lives



Authors @ Google talk with Leonard Mlodinow about his book, "The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives".

I haven't read the book, but its a very interesting talk.

Euclid's Elements

Written by the Greek mathematician Euclid in Alexandria circa 300 BC, Euclid's Elements is a collection of mathematical definitions, axioms, theorems and proofs about geometry.

Is the most successful and influential textbook ever written, one of the most influential works in the history of mathematics and is estimated to be second only to the Bible in the number of editions published.


A proof, from Euclid's Elements:


Functional Programming - Erik Meijer


Very much enjoying these lectures:
A journey into the world of Functional Programming with functional language purist and high priest of the lambda calculus, Dr. Erik Meijer.
lectures here

3rd European Lisp Symposium in Portugal

The purpose of the European Lisp Symposium is to provide a forum for the discussion and dissemination of all aspects of design, implementation and application of any of the Lisp dialects. We encourage everyone interested in Lisp to participate.

Call for Contributions: we would welcome both papers describing original work, not published elsewhere, and submissions for tutorial sessions.
Details here...

Functional

Here's a few articles from Slava Akhmechet (on www.defmacro.org) that i enjoyed reading: