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#1 2009-01-09 23:03:38
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The Best Job
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
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#2 2009-01-10 01:21:12
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: The Best Job
Kudos to Ms.Courter!
Lets hope more children go on to study Mathematics at the highest level!
That was a very good post giving an interesting link, MathsIsFun!
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#3 2009-01-10 01:56:49
- mathsyperson
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Re: The Best Job
Heh, mathematician, actuary and statistician are the top three. I see a pattern. 
My favourite bit is that the lumberjack they interview is called Mr. Branch.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#4 2009-01-10 02:05:57
- JaneFairfax
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My favourite bit is that the lumberjack they interview is called Mr. Branch.
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#5 2009-01-10 04:35:27
- Ricky
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[Mathematicians] also aren't expected to do any heavy lifting, crawling or crouching -- attributes associated with occupations such as firefighter, auto mechanic and plumber.
Total baloney. I don't know about the rest of you, but when teaching, I have to lean over to get to the lowest part of the chalk board. This has caused my back to get rather sore on occasion.
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
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#6 2009-01-10 04:37:12
- Ricky
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Re: The Best Job
Heh, mathematician, actuary and statistician are the top three. I see a pattern.
My favourite bit is that the lumberjack they interview is called Mr. Branch.
What do you call a woman with one leg?
Eilean
What do you call an Asian woman with one leg?
Irene
What do you call a man with no limbs in a pool?
Bob
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
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