Tom Brown
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Tom Brown
I consider myself a teacher of mathematics. I have an MSc at the University of
South Africa and a PhD at the University of Pretoria but people mostly know
South Africa and a PhD at the University of Pretoria but people mostly know
me as Mr Brown. What gives me most meaning and fulfilment in work is to
encourage and inspire gifted young people, who could face similar difficulties
and adversities than I've had. My main academic research interests would be
in stochastic processes and in the mathematical theory of empathy.
My greatest academic ambition is to consolidate the work of Prof Niko Sauer.
A monumental task. For the love of God and the fear of Mathematics!
No doubt inspired
Posted on Mon, 16 Mar 2020
No doubt inspired by Jules Verne's classic scifi novel 20,000 leagues under the sea. Also makes one think of Jacques C. and the research ship the Calypso.
Good work, original too! We are in, looking out, man and fish roles reversed! Who's...
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it's good to be young
Posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
It's good to be young and insane.
Read full commentPosted in Mental Illness
The Eagle
Posted on Fri, 27 Mar 2020
You outdid yourself this time Richard, masterful! Do you now this poem by Lord Tennyson?
The Eagle
He clasps the crag with crooked hands; close to the sun in lonely lands, ring'd with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea...
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"His eyes are saying goodbye"
Posted on Mon, 23 Mar 2020
"His eyes are saying goodbye", you are capable of very sensitive very tender writing Richard. But some of this is a little puzzling one should have a bit more background I think.
All the best! Goodnight!
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Heartbreaking
Posted on Sun, 22 Mar 2020
Heartbreaking
Read full commentPosted in He Knew
Certainly good advice
Posted on Sat, 21 Mar 2020
Certainly good advice Richard and practical. There is a similar poem by Rudyard Kipling.
Hope you are well! Tom
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It's difficult to ask forgiveness
Posted on Wed, 18 Mar 2020
It's difficult to ask forgiveness for sins you know you will commit. Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, nobody knows ...
Thanks Richard!
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Yes I have noticed Richard
Posted on Tue, 03 Mar 2020
Yes I have noticed Richard and it makes a lot of sense. You leave the pauses and stops, feelings and nuances over to the reader it makes everything much more natural and fluent. The interpretations are lot more flexible as such.
The...
Read full commentPosted in Oh Sweet Lullaby
The free rhyme
Posted on Tue, 03 Mar 2020
The free ryme is beautiful it is always so much more natural than fixed patterns, that is better left to the masters.
Your sentiments are wonderful Richard! Tom
Read full commentPosted in Oh Sweet Lullaby
Lead me
Posted on Sun, 08 Mar 2020
Lead me in your rightious ways. Search me o God, and know my heart.
No privacy here hey?! You cannot decieve yourself you cannot hide anything. But He is not only watching us but also always watches over us!
Have a great week...
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