User:Dave McCormack

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Linguistic Capabilities en- gb-N This user is a native speaker of British English. fr-3 Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau avancé de français. de-2 Dieser Benutzer hat fortgeschrittene Deutschkenntnisse. es-1 Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel básico de español. ... This user would like to be able to speak more languages.

Interests and General Info This user is a bibliophile. This user is interested in the Romantic period. R This user's favourite colour is red. trpt-3 This user is an advanced trumpet player. λ This user is fluent in Lambda calculus.

I'm a 21 year old student of Mathematics and French from Bath, currently studying at the University of Paris VII: Denis Diderot

[edit] Books I am reading at the moment

• Middlesex -- Jeffrey Eugenides
• Einstein's Relativity and the Quantum Revolution -- Audiobook of lectures by Richard Wolfson

[edit] Music I have recently been listening to

• Takk... -- A fantastic album by the Icelandic band Sigur Ros
• The Boy with the Arab Strap -- An album by Belle and Sebastian, but I prefer their newer Life Pursuit
• Songs from the Wood -- A 1977 album by Jethro Tull, I haven't listened to this properly yet.

[edit] Work I am currently doing

• Dissertation entitled "How did social, cultural and historical developments to nineteenth century France bring about a sudden shift in French literary thought over the latter half of the century?"
• Short descriptive passage in French: "Le crépuscule du point de vue de la BNF"