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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Fire was controversially given ‘not out’ and went on to make 137 before rain stopped play shortly after tea. Classi… twitter.com/i/web/status/12793…
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“Someone’s ripped the outline out of this book!” said Tom(e), discontentedly. #swifty
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Petition to rename the “workforce" the dimensionally equivalent “powermomentum”.
July 1, 2020 11:12 am
Ask Uncle Colin: The Area Between Two Curves www.flyingcoloursmaths.co.uk/a…
July 1, 2020 9:00 am
Time to say bye bye to doubled words — substitute substitute for substitute substitute, ha ha! twitter.com/JohnDCook/status/1…
June 30, 2020 5:02 pm

Quotable maths: Edison

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