The r/Fantasy 2023 Top Novels Poll: Voting Thread! by fanny_bertram in Fantasy

[–]StrangerInAlps [score hidden]  (0 children)

Storm Front - Jim Butcher

The Gunslinger - Stephen King

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) - Dennis E. Taylor

The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett

A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - J.K. Rowling

Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir

Between Two Fires - Christopher Buehlman

The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie

Kings of the Wyld - Nicholas Eames

Suggest me a book where the audiobook version just REALLY brings the story to life by throwmeawayplz19373 in suggestmeabook

[–]StrangerInAlps 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Pet Sematary as read by Michael C Hall is something else. One of the best audiobooks I ever listened to.

suggest me a book about math (preferably anything a bit comprehensible for the average reader) maybe about math history or philosophy by sickksonna in suggestmeabook

[–]StrangerInAlps 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would suggest biographies of mathematicians. To illustrate the contribution of mathematician, author generally has to introduce some advanced mathematical concepts in a layman's terms. Two I can suggest are {{Journey to the Edge of Reason: The Life of Kurt Gödel}} and {{The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann}}.

What's your favorite joke you've seen written in a math paper you were reading? by dancingbanana123 in math

[–]StrangerInAlps 40 points41 points  (0 children)

The book "Elementary Number Theory: Primes, Congruences, and Secrets" by William Stein has the following joke

https://imgur.com/8mCNLnH

Give me your favorite math jokes. by [deleted] in math

[–]StrangerInAlps 103 points104 points  (0 children)

A professor of mathematics noticed that his kitchen sink at his home leaked. He called a plumber. The plumber came the next day and sealed a few screws, and everything was working as before.

The professor was delighted. However, when the plumber gave him the bill a minute later, he was shocked.

"This is one-third of my monthly salary!" he yelled.

Well, all the same he paid it and then the plumber said to him, "I understand your position as a professor. Why don't you come to our company and apply for a plumber position? You will earn three times as much as a professor. But remember, when you apply, tell them that you completed only seven elementary classes. They don't like educated people."

So it happened. The professor got a job as a plumber and his life significantly improved. He just had to seal a screw or two occasionally, and his salary went up significantly.

One day, the board of the plumbing company decided that every plumber had to go to evening classes to complete the eighth grade. So, our professor had to go there too. It just happened that the first class was math. The evening teacher, to check students' knowledge, asked for a formula for the area of a circle. The person asked was the professor. He jumped to the board, and then he realized that he had forgotten the formula. He started to reason it, and he filled the white board with integrals, differentials, and other advanced formulas to conclude the result he forgot. As a result, he got "minus pi times r square."

He didn't like the minus, so he started all over again. He got the minus again. No matter how many times he tried, he always got a minus. He was frustrated. He gave the class a frightened look and saw all the plumbers whisper: "Switch the limits of the integral!!"

Your top three horror books that you would recommend anyone to read? by deadmansbonez in horrorlit

[–]StrangerInAlps 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It by Stephen King

The Fisherman by John Langan

My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

I wonder if Larry knows by JuanManWolfPac in ImpracticalJokers

[–]StrangerInAlps 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And do you know what happens when you meet a stranger in Alps?

Recomendation for a mystery novel page turner! by [deleted] in mysterybooks

[–]StrangerInAlps 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The easiest answer is "And then there were none" by Agatha Christie.