Author: 胡翌霖

[Eng] G•H•Hardy: A Mathematician’s Apology

History of Science & Scholarship2007.07.16
[Eng] G•H•Hardy: A Mathematician’s Apology
[Eng]G·H·Hardy: A Mathematician’s Apology, translated by Wang Xiyong, Commercial Press, April 2007, 8 yuan Page5 Preface (C·P· Snow) When A Mathematician’s Apology first appeared, Graham Greene wrote in a review that, like Henry James’s handwriting, this book portrayed no less well what a creative artist is like. Page46 For a professional mathematician, finding himself writing about mathematics is a dispiriting experience. A mathematician’s role is to do mathematical things, to prove new theorems and add them to mathematics, not to talk about what he or other mathematicians have done. Politicians look down on political commentators, painters despise art critics, and physiologists, physicists, or mathematicians often feel the same way; there is no more…
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2007年7月16日
Yanyuan, Fourth Courtyard (Writing Plan)

Life & Notes2007.07.16
Yanyuan, Fourth Courtyard (Writing Plan)
In the blink of an eye, it has already become the third and final summer of my undergraduate years; in conversation, I have truly become an “oldster.” I am still welcoming junior students in the Weilai Beida Ren community, and this is probably the last year I will serve as a moderator there. Once I go on to graduate school, even if I still have the enthusiasm to wander around the Weilai Beida Ren community, I’m afraid I will no longer be a moderator. Although every incoming class of freshmen tends to disappoint me, overall I still very much enjoy communicating with freshmen, and I enjoy answering the questions they…
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2007年7月16日
[U.S.] Margaret Visser: “All Depends on Dinner”

Culture & Public Commentary2007.07.16
[U.S.] Margaret Visser: “All Depends on Dinner”
[US]Margaret Visser: “It All Depends on Dinner,” translated by Liu Xia'ai, New Star Press2007May, 29yuan Introduction, page 1 In everyday life, the things we take for granted in using rule us and saturate our lives.……The shape of chairs has changed continuously over the centuries; the number and form of the tines on forks have also kept changing; in addition, the width and length of corridors have likewise been adjusted again and again. These formal, or accidental, changes in things are a language, telling the story of our cultural ideas while also recording the history of life. One of the eye-opening realizations of the twentieth century (like every discovery, it…
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2007年7月16日
Today’s Xindao Salon Notes, 09-07-11

Life & Notes2007.07.11
Today’s Xindao Salon Notes, 09-07-11
Next week (July18) the Suixuan Salon will be suspended, and the week after next (25) will probably also be suspended. After I go back to Shanghai to visit my family, I should still be spending my Saturdays at Xin Dao in August. As for next semester, broadly speaking, the open salon at Xin Dao will probably continue every Saturday; at the very least, let me use up my recharged membership card before making any plans, though at the same time I will also be exploring new forms. In the blink of an eye, nearly half of my zodiac year has passed. My so-called “In my zodiac year, the Demon King…
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2007年7月11日
[Repost] The Philosophy Department’s 2008 Preliminary Selection Format for Recommending Postgraduate Students Exempt from Entrance Examinations

Life & Notes2007.07.11
[Repost] The Philosophy Department’s 2008 Preliminary Selection Format for Recommending Postgraduate Students Exempt from Entrance Examinations
Department of Philosophy 2008 Initial Selection for Recommended Exemption from Entrance Examinations for Graduate Study Academic Updates July 11, 2007 1. In accordance with the requirements of Peking University Graduate School, each student applying for recommended exemption must submit complete and valid application materials in the prescribed procedure. 2. Uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China, be willing to serve socialist modernization, and possess good moral character and observe discipline and the law. 3. Students graduating from nationally key universities approved by the Ministry of Education and qualified to recommend candidates, if they rank among the top 3 in their grade or major, may apply. 4. Students within…
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2007年7月11日
This Issue’s Music: Spanish Dance (Classical Guitar)

Life & Notes2007.07.10
This Issue’s Music: Spanish Dance (Classical Guitar)
http://image1.x5dj.com/picture/200508/632594554389100000.mp3 I got so caught up writing travel notes that I forgot the music from the previous issue had already sunk to the bottom long ago. Sigh, let’s just pick something at random~ Here’s one more piece for classical guitar: http://snowing.goocao.com/upload/editor/200706/5322_1183185286.mp3 This one seems a bit better Latest comments Yiwu 2007-07-10 23:11:30 [Reply] I recommend the violin music from my place; absolutely not to be missed. By the way, I also have a GUITA~ but I haven’t learned it; I’m planning to learn it when I get to college…… Yiwu 2007-07-10 23:13:44 [Reply] Indeed, the second one is better. It really has the feel of a small European…
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2007年7月10日
About the Papers I Have Written

Life & Notes2007.07.10
About the Papers I Have Written
Before I went to Shanxi, I once ran into LY in a bookstore. He mentioned the problems with the papers I write: they involve too much, their contents are too mixed, the theme is not clear enough, the logic is not coherent enough, and the key issue is that they are not sufficiently “standard” — that is, I have not really mastered the conventions of the academic paper. He also said that my year-paper was almost rejected in the reviewers’ discussion, and only because LY spoke up for me did it end up receiving an excellent grade. In fact, I am aware of these problems myself. The general style of…
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2007年7月10日
[Repost] Peking University’s Graduate Admissions Spark Controversy as More Than Half Are Recommended-Exemption Students

Life & Notes2007.07.09
[Repost] Peking University’s Graduate Admissions Spark Controversy as More Than Half Are Recommended-Exemption Students
http://edu.qq.com/a/20070709/000001.htm Yesterday, Peking University announced its 2008 graduate admissions plan. Of all the places available, the number of students admitted as recommendation-exempt candidates (guaranteed admission) accounts for 50% to 80% of the plan, which is to say that more than half of Peking University’s graduate admissions slots are given to guaranteed-admission students. This policy has made many students from ordinary universities who want to apply to Peking University’s graduate programs feel “very unfair.” Peking University, however, says that this is done in accordance with the advisors’ opinions, with the hope of admitting students of a higher level. – Policy recap Only graduating students from national key universities are eligible for…
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2007年7月9日
[Repost] Ministry of Education: In principle, university students are not allowed to rent housing off campus

Life & Notes2007.07.09
[Repost] Ministry of Education: In principle, university students are not allowed to rent housing off campus
http://edu.qq.com/a/20070707/000002.htm The Ministry of Education recently issued a notice requiring that freshmen entering university in 2007 and thereafter be guaranteed accommodation arranged by class. In principle, students are not permitted to rent housing off campus on their own. According to reports, some universities in China do not arrange students to live in dormitories and apartments by class cohort. There are also some universities that assign housing according to students’ financial circumstances. For this reason, the notice requires universities in all regions to conscientiously implement the requirement of arranging housing by class, and to make full use of the period when graduates leave campus and freshmen arrive to do a proper…
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2007年7月9日
Brief Notes on a Trip to Shanxi

Life & Notes2007.07.09
Brief Notes on a Trip to Shanxi
After coming back from Shanxi, I rested for a day (mainly catching up on a week’s worth of cartoons…), then spent a day and a half busily occupied, and only now have I begun to jot down a few things. But once I picked up the pen, I still didn’t know where to begin. After all, I’m not good at writing travel notes, and this trip to Shanxi didn’t bring me much in the way of harvest either, so I can only give a chronological account in the form of a流水账. June 30, departure: Because I had exams on the 27th and 28th, and was rushing to finish a paper…
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2007年7月9日