Thursday, May 01, 2014

Seth Roberts


I was saddened to learn a few days ago that Seth Roberts (Wikipedia) had passed away. Andrew Gelman posts some recollections of their friendship here.

Seth and I came into contact first via the internet, although we later met in Beijing, where he had a second career as a professor at Tsinghua University. You can find some references to Seth on my blog here.
Beijing Photos 2: ... Last night I had Beijing duck with Seth Roberts. Seth has an interesting history. He started college at Caltech but transferred to Reed to study psychology. He was on the Berkeley faculty for many years but has moved to China and is now a professor at Tsinghua university. He knew Feynman and Jane Jacobs. We talked so long they closed down the restaurant around us!

3 comments:

Pumpkinperson.com said...

Very sad news. RIP

botti said...

Just reading his blog he sounds like a fascinating guy with an amazing sense of curiosity. Very sad news. My condolences to his friends and family. RIP.

theobamadildo said...

less butter and fatty meats and no fatal heart attack at age 50 something.

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