Michael Aaron Nielsen (born January 4, 1974) is a quantum physicist, science writer, and computer programming researcher living in San Francisco.
Michael Nielsen @michael_nielsen
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Dec 11, 2021
It's a tangent, but here's one of my all-time favourite movies (28 sec). It's of Picasso painting, not the (famous) self-conscious clip, but just him in his studio: [link] I find it both incredibly moving & intellectually & creatively stimulating.
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Jul 20, 2008
Michael Nielsen @michael_nielsen
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Jun 25, 2021
The Dirac book, BTW: https://t.co/wbwujq4JaM Great book! I learned a lot about GR from it (particularly in concert with Isham's book on differential geometry, & @seanmcarroll's wonderful short notes, which I carried around with me for months: https://t.co/agSq4gKA1c ).