Category Archives: sciences

fun with deltahedra

Posted on Saturday, 2003 January 18 by Anton

I got a new toy: 94 rods with a magnet at each end, and 36 steel balls. (This kit is called Mega Magz, but I think I’ve seen similar kits under other names.) With these balls and rods, I build … Continue reading →

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what hath Coxeter wrought

Posted on Friday, 2003 January 10 by Anton

pretty hyperbolic tilings

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the bathtub curve has two ends

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 January 07 by Anton

Average life expectancy for a population is normally given from birth; but it seems to me more useful to distinguish youth mortality (e.g. from birth-defects or malnutrition) from that of adulthood (violence, accidents) and age (heart disease &c). I’d like … Continue reading →

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market failure

Posted on Friday, 2002 December 27 by Anton

asparagirl had some peevish things to say about the then-looming New York transit strike. It wouldn’t be a problem if public transportation were open to competition – but neither the city nor the union wants that, obviously.

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have you ever tried to come up with titles for fourteen hundred blog entries all at once?

Posted on Friday, 2002 December 27 by Anton

A Dust Devil on Mars

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Uni High

Posted on Thursday, 2002 December 26 by Anton

My hi-skool’s alumnal newsletter came this week. I am pleased to learn that my fellow escapees include someone more eminent than that guy who writes about baseball for Newsweek, namely the late economist James Tobin, whose autobiography names two previous … Continue reading →

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matters not reported in the Red Book of Westmarch

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 December 24 by Anton

Ever wonder about the economy of Middle-Earth? Like: What do Rangers eat, where do their children sleep, and how do they pay for their beer at the Prancing Pony? What do the goblins of the Misty Mountains eat between dwarves? … Continue reading →

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