Miscellaneous
My favicon is an image of a dolphin recognizing its own reflection.
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What an amazing mathematician with such an amazing story.
And with interpretations of probability theory we can scam our ways back into employment. (A lovely application of philosophy: keeping academics employed!)
To convince you to read it, see also the brief review of this collection of essays by Timothy Gowers: Yuri Ivanovich Manin, An Extraordinary Mathematician.
Understanding your mathematical biases can help you view your mathematical self more critically and consider whether you have unnecessary hang-ups which are holding you back.
A great read promoting open science by one of the famed "Mike and Ike" duo. This isn't so much math as it is research in general, but, while its primary goal is to promote open science, it also serves as a great source of detailed examples of productive collaborations.
Paintings of math books. (Click the picture for more.)
Wherein stupidity is encouraged as a means of producing knowledge.
Wherein one finds advice for how to be stupid smartly.
You and Your Research by Richard Hamming.
I don't subscribe to all the ideas promoted here, but it is a thought-provoking piece of writing nonetheless.
Wherein one can get insight into how they might try to change the environment around themselves to be more conducive to a productive academic life.
Wherein one can get insight into what determines productivity in the academic career thereby getting inspiration for how to orient their work life towards achieving success.