It began as the GODFATHER OF MATH, evolved into the GOODFATHER OF MATH. Now this. Go figure...

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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES ... Music is the mathematics of the gods=PYTHAGORAS ... Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
I cannot live without the oxygen of laughter = DAWN POWELL ... !!! ... But laughter cannot survive without the hydrogen of gravitas = PAUL OLIVERIO
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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Rest In Peace, TOM LEHRER: An Acidly Funny Mathematician

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He wrote songs
with titles like

:::

:::

:::
 
has just passed away
 at the age of 97
 
His day job
—for many years—
was
teaching Mathematics
at Harvard
 
His night job 
—however briefly—
was performing 
at coffee houses
all over the world,
entertaining people
by the hundreds
while they danced
the bugaloo
with hyperactive
 brain cells

 
TOMORROW
this fellow mathematician
will present
Tom Lehrer song
 
He will do so
with
without really knowing
what that phrase 
actually means
 
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM

    My favorite Tom Lehrer song was also his most timeless composition:
    The Elements was must-listening for anyone
    capable of spelling the word C-H-E-M-I-S-T-R-Y.

    Listening to it was like having a mental erector set.

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    1. AnonymousJuly 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM

      Oliverio says:

      Great Comment + Great Song

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