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AnonTechie writes:
"New Scientist reviews Vikram Chandra's 'In Geek Sublime.'
From the article:
In 1975, Austrian-born physicist Fritjof Capra published an unlikely bestseller that explored the parallels between ideas in particle physics and Eastern mysticism. The Tao of Physics became a cult classic, selling over a million copies globally. Despite positive reviews, the book left many readers ultimately unsatisfied and unconvinced. In Geek Sublime, Vikram Chandra draws similar parallels between the process of writing computer code and some of the Indian philosophical systems that have profoundly influenced art, literature and poetry in the subcontinent, but which remain largely unknown in the West."
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(Score: 5, Funny) by c0lo on Tuesday February 25 2014, @09:12AM
As with any engineering endeavor based exclusively on parallels with mystical worlds, the readers risk staying ultimately unsatisfied and unconvinced.
To use a hyperbola and still remain mystically elliptic: many a times a mighty perpendicular cuts much better than parallels walking around in circles and reaching for the ∞ point.
(see?... it's not that hard. Someone willing to metaphorically throw a parabola in the mix? Or, at least, a car analogy? ☺)
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