Category Archives: sciences

this is serious!

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 February 13 by Anton

An old friend calls my attention to this proof of the irrationality of pi, which happens to be a mere link or two away from this favorite essay in historical linguistics; each is in a perhaps surprising literary form.

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Planet of the Marxists

Posted on Monday, 2002 February 11 by Anton

Am I the last to see it? A t-shirt bearing the familiar iconic portrait of Che Guevara – you know, beret with a star – except that the face is from Planet of the Apes.

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soap films

Posted on Sunday, 2002 February 10 by Anton

I’ve begun to learn to use Ken Brakke’s Surface Evolver. Haven’t yet found whether it has the one feature that would make it ideal for my exploration of nonspherical ‘dome’ forms: ability to constrain the edges to equal length. The … Continue reading →

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