Beyond the zero

[Ian Livingston]

Perfect you're a math major.
Hava goodtime.


On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 6:37 PM, Doc Sportello <coolwithdoc at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm only 20 pages in but I wanted to let it be known that I've begun,
> which is not to say I'll finish, GR. I've been told that the title, among
> countless other things, alludes to the trajectory of a rocket and the novel
> itself. The "Beyond the Zero" epigraph to me invokes a graph of a negative
> parabola that has two roots or zeros (I have a bachelors in Applied Math
> but you don't need one to solve a polynomial). Anyway the von Braun quote
> brings up the fact that the parabola doesn't end at the zeros but goes on
> to infinity and it reminded me of Saturn via Keats "There is no death in
> all the universe"
>
> Anyhooz I'm sure you all have discussed it to death (there is no death...)
> but to keep myself motivated I'll update you as I move along
>
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