I agree. I was pretty excited to hear that freeciv
was getting an isometric view. But the current
graphics are pretty dull. Hopefully someone will
come up with something a little more colorful.
What Newton and Leibniz did was create a general symbolism and series of formal rules. But Greeks like Archimedes, Eudoxus, and Antiphon were interested in computing volumes, areas, and length of arcs and developed methods to do just that. On top of that you could say differentiation was started by Fermat and Kepler. We shouldn't take too much away from Newton and Leibniz though, without them calculus would be much more painful than it already is.
He's not a great writer, though I don't know of any sci fi writers that are. But Rudy Rucker is, IMHO, the most orginal and thought-provoking sci fi author out there. 'Spactime Donuts' is considered by many to be the original cyberpunk novel. His best books are the ones written in the 70's and early 80's, and they tend not to stay in print. If you can find 'Spacetime Donuts','The 57th Franz Kafka','Software', or 'White Light' at your library, I think that you'll enjoy them. They tend to be a little more light-hearted than anything your usual sci fi, and Rucker will occasionaly give you work out in higher math and physics. Read only if you want something different!
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This is a good place to start:
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http://www.geocities.com/paulntobin/manufall.html
Yeah, and they need to get rid of that middle-aged
drug-dealer that hangs out with the beast while
they're at it.
I agree. I was pretty excited to hear that freeciv
was getting an isometric view. But the current
graphics are pretty dull. Hopefully someone will
come up with something a little more colorful.
What Newton and Leibniz did was create a general symbolism and series of formal rules. But Greeks
like Archimedes, Eudoxus, and Antiphon were
interested in computing volumes, areas, and
length of arcs and developed methods to do just
that. On top of that you could say
differentiation was started by Fermat and Kepler.
We shouldn't take too much away from Newton and
Leibniz though, without them calculus would
be much more painful than it already is.
He's not a great writer, though I don't know of any sci fi writers that are. But Rudy Rucker is,
IMHO, the most orginal and thought-provoking sci
fi author out there. 'Spactime Donuts' is considered by many to be the original cyberpunk novel. His best books are the ones written in the 70's and early 80's, and they tend not to stay in print. If you can find 'Spacetime Donuts','The 57th Franz Kafka','Software', or 'White Light' at your library, I think that you'll enjoy them. They tend to be a little more light-hearted than anything your usual sci fi, and Rucker will occasionaly give you work out in higher math and physics. Read only if you want something different!
Shad Gregory