https://www.isegoria.net/2014/10/gian-carlo-rotas-ten-lessons/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 01 May 2026 21:33:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2014/10/gian-carlo-rotas-ten-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-1667961 Aretae Wed, 22 Oct 2014 00:16:55 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=36416#comment-1667961 I’d go a bit past, but his line on lecture rocks.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2014/10/gian-carlo-rotas-ten-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-1666164 Mike in Boston Tue, 21 Oct 2014 16:39:41 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=36416#comment-1666164 Sorry to make this comments thread a one-person meeting of the Giancarlo Rota fan club, but his ten lessons of an MIT education have a lot to teach about what makes for a good scientific education.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2014/10/gian-carlo-rotas-ten-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-1666128 Mike in Boston Tue, 21 Oct 2014 16:31:42 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=36416#comment-1666128 Mid-semester, the lecturer for my undergraduate complex variables class was taken ill, and Rota was tapped to fill in at the last minute. Completely run-of-the-mill stuff, but he got — and deserved — a standing ovation. He was one of a kind, and taken from us too young; God rest his soul.

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