http://paulhoffman.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/escaping-the-mundane/ Paul Hoffman on words, chess, food, science, and everything else that's big fun. An exploration of ideas in my book King's Gambit: A Son, a Father, and the World's Most Dangerous Game. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:24:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU http://paulhoffman.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/escaping-the-mundane/#comment-310 shazgood Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:44:53 +0000 http://paulhoffman.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/escaping-the-mundane/#comment-310 They're not mundane at all of course. It is a common mistake of lay people that maths is "boring" or chess is "boring", but lovers of both beg to differ. How to explain life-long obsessions with either, if they were merely "mundane"? A little thought and a little exploration shows quite the opposite! They’re not mundane at all of course. It is a common mistake of lay people that maths is “boring” or chess is “boring”, but lovers of both beg to differ. How to explain life-long obsessions with either, if they were merely “mundane”? A little thought and a little exploration shows quite the opposite!

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