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1. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 18:02:17 UTC Robert McNees

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   • Dave Bacon

   @dabacon Which algebraic geometry books?

   • Dave Bacon (dabacon@ftl.chat)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 18:02:21 UTC Dave Bacon

     2023 was a light reading year for me, 21 books. Though part of this is that I got distracted learning algebraic geometry, and I never feel like I should count a math or physics textbook as read unless I’ve done a lot of the exercises and can say I’ve digested the content. Book of the year for me was “The Weil Conjectures: On Math and the Pursuit of the Unknown” by Karen Olsson. A non fiction muse on abstract math and brother (math) and sister (philosophy) André and Simone Weil.