Quotable maths: Edison

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work - Thomas Edison"

Colin

Colin is a Weymouth maths tutor, author of several Maths For Dummies books and A-level maths guides. He started Flying Colours Maths in 2008. He lives with an espresso pot and nothing to prove.

Tags: perseverance.

Where do you teach?

I teach in my home in Abbotsbury Road, Weymouth.

It's a 15-minute walk from Weymouth station, and it's on bus routes 3, 8 and X53. On-road parking is available nearby.

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“One last time: after we’ve used the felt tips, we make sure to put the lids back on,” Tom recapped. #swifty [The… twitter.com/i/web/status/12463…
Yesterday at 8:00 am
Game idea : navigate your way across a busy park, keeping a 2m distance from other park users. Working title : Jogger.
April 3, 2020 11:47 am
I had the privilege of a couple of long car journeys with Laurie. Lovely man. twitter.com/ColinTheMathmo/sta…
April 3, 2020 8:24 am
“Top” means pinnacle. “Logy” means science. The “o” means nothing. twitter.com/matthematician/sta…
April 3, 2020 7:09 am
Bill (6): "If you take a number in the nine times table and turn the digits the other way round, you get another nu… twitter.com/i/web/status/12459…
April 3, 2020 6:57 am

Quotable maths: Edison

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