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“Ce fut au milieu de ces pensées généreuses, et dans cette disposition d’esprit, qu’il traversa l’Hellespont.” (“It was amidst these generous thoughts and with this mindset that he crossed the Hellespont.”)
– Maurice Druon, Alexandre le Grand (1958)
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This morning, I finished reading The Armor of Light by Ken Follett, which is the latest novel in the Kingsbridge series. I recommend the novel and I’d like to share my enthusiasm. There won’t be any spoilers in this post but there will be hints, so if you haven’t read the book and you plan to, you might as well wait before reading the post.
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During my academic job search, I was sometimes asked what my favorite paper was. I liked this question because it is an invitation to discuss not just the paper itself but also the story behind it—most likely, a story that dives into the inevitable setbacks of doing research and the struggle to overcome these setbacks, usually with the fortuitous help of some great colleagues. Chances are, you can relate: maybe you just finished a difficult proof; or maybe you’ve just realized a piece of code doesn’t work; or maybe you’ve been stuck on that mathematical argument for a while and you just can’t quite figure out that one detail that keeps resisting you.
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During my academic job search, I was sometimes asked what my favorite paper was. I liked this question because it is an invitation to discuss not just the paper itself but also the story behind it—most likely, a story that dives into the inevitable setbacks of doing research and the struggle to overcome these setbacks, usually with the fortuitous help of some great colleagues. Chances are, you can relate: maybe you just finished a difficult proof; or maybe you’ve just realized a piece of code doesn’t work; or maybe you’ve been stuck on that mathematical argument for a while and you just can’t quite figure out that one detail that keeps resisting you.