El Quijote es el siguiente en la lista. Estoy leyendo ahora "Apuntes del subsuelo", de Dostoyevski.

"Es corto, seguro que se lee rápido". Ay.

Era de los de 'no hay que abrir heridas cerradas', obviamente.

O mejor, la gota que colma el vaso.

Mejor no hablo.

Do I apply maths, directly, everyday? Of course not.

Could I have understood tectonics, geochemistry, geomechanics, hydrogeology, etc, without them? Of course not.

Well, that's my view. I wish I could travel in time and tell my younger self "Pay more attention, you'll know soon why" 😅

Degrees back then were 5 years, but maths were in year 1 anyway. It was a bit of a shock coming to the UK for an MSc and find that most needed to learn at that moment how to solve a simple tensor problem with determinants in Geodynamics, with C. Ebinger (🥰) giving extra maths support.

Luckily, my degree in Geology (Spain, 95-01), there had in year 1: Calculus, Maths (algebra and geometry), Statistics, and I think I recall Maths II. Then also "Kinematics of the continuous medium".
After: Struc. geology, Petrogenesis, geochemistry, geophysics... were VERY maths heavy.

Yes, YES, YES.

A few rough drone photos of the fall colors in Oklahoma's Ouachita mountains, taken shortly before sunset. #photography