Miscellaneous
Quotes
Quotes link from Terence Tao's Homepage
Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas. -- Alfred North Whitehead
If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is. -- John von Neumann
God, give us Grace to accept with Serenity the things that cannot be changed, Courage to change the things which should be changed, and Wisdom to distinguish one from the other. -- Reinhold Niebuhr, the Serenity Prayer
You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. -- Steve Jobs
切勿要求胜利，只应要求一往无前的勇气。因为从坚忍不拔的奋斗中，你将为自己带来荣誉。但更重要的，你将为全人类带来光荣。 -- 古希腊奥运会格言，另见Hung-Hsi Wu(伍鸿熙)《黎曼几何初步》致读者的话。
朝观剑舞，夕临秋水，观剑以励志奋进，读庄以淡化世纷。-- 王梓坤(北京师范大学原校长)
About Research
How to write a great research paper, by Simon Peyton Jones
You and your research, by Richard Hamming
Birds and frogs, by Freeman Dyson
Tutorials on research by Dennis Bernstein
Advice for researchers and students by Michael Ernst
Paper recipe & presentation advice by Michael Gleicher
Tips for writing technical papers by Jennifer Widom
Math knows All, a very interesting math blog (in Chinese) by Xun Jiang
About Feedback Control
IEEE Control Systems Society, Online Lecture Library, The impact of control technology
IEEE Oral Histories: Control Systems, Robotics