% Thoughts for February 6-12 % Michael Stone % February 12, 2012 This week, I was pleasantly reminded of the power of learning by Evelyn Glennie's talk on [how to listen][ted-eg] and of the power of parsimony by the first chapter of [Walter Rudin][rudin]'s book on [Real and Complex Analysis][rca]. [ted-eg]: http://www.ted.com/talks/evelyn_glennie_shows_how_to_listen.html [rudin]: http://www.math.wisc.edu/oldhome/news/WRudinObit.html [rca]: http://www.amazon.com/Complex-Analysis-International-Applied-Mathematics/dp/0070542341