On August 1st. I had a conversation with my friend, Xander Klaus Vasilyev, about Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya whom Thomas Pynchons character Yashmeen Halfcourt is based upon. I have gone fishing with Xander who was a neighbor of my friend, Mark Gall. Xander’s father makes a living as a mathematician. He is a Jew who fled … Continue reading Baja-Israel and Math Wizards