Live From Vancouver, B.C.
It is about 5pm here in Vancouver where I am currently spending a fortnight on holidays. Holidays is always a good time to catch up with all the reading, and that is what I have been doing. It all started with A Little History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson which is an excellent book about science. It brings back all the memories of the early days in school: from astrophysics (Hubble law, red shift) to DNA, from relativity to Darwin… An excellent reading, that’s for sure.
Following the (crappy) Digital Fortress by Dan Brown, I wanted to look a little bit further into cryptography and bought Cryptographie: Théorie et Pratique by Douglas Stinson as well as The Code Book by Singh. Simply fascinating. Brings also lots of memories about algebra and probabilities. It certainly all give a quick overview about cryptography and maths, and that’s really what I wanted.
Anyway, Vancouver has been somewhat rainy since I arrived with Ellen last Saturday but I find the people here nice and amenable despite the unwelcoming weather; the bus drivers take their time to allow the challenged people on board, waiters and waitresses are always smiling and helpful. Something people in Paris should learn, I guess. Still a bit lagged and cannot quite get used to prices before tax, but apart from that, everything all right. As usual, I promise photographs and all, even though I think I will never take the time to put them online… Take care, eh.
