| Fantasia Mathematica |
[Dec. 5th, 2008|01:38 pm] |
From an anthology of short stories and poems about mathematics, compiled by Charles Fadiman in 1958.
Lewis Carroll
Yet What Are All . . .
Yet what are all such gaieties to me
Whose thoughts are of full of indices and surds?
x^2 + 7x + 53
= 11/3
John Atherton
Threes (to be sung by Niels Bohr)
I think that I shall never c
A # lovelier than 3;
For 3<6 or 4,
And than 1 it's slightly more.
All things in nature come in 3s,
Like ∴s, trios, Q.E.D.s;
While $s gain more dignity
If augmented 3 x 3 --
A 3 whose slender curves are pressed
By banks, for compound interest;
Oh, would that, paying loans or rent,
My rates were only 3%!
3^2 expands with rapture free,
And reaches toward ∞;
3 compliments each x and y,
And intimately lives with π.
A circle's # of °s
Are best ÷ up by 3s,
But wrapped in dim obscurity
Is the √-3.
Atoms are split by men like me,
But only God is 1 in 3. |
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| Whoa |
[Jun. 13th, 2008|11:54 pm] |
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| Valentine's Cards |
[Feb. 13th, 2008|08:10 pm] |
I made a bunch of postcards for friends - here are some of the better ones:
Here are some other ones that weren't postcards, so I had to send them in envelopes:
Here are all the pens and stuff that I used to make the cards and envelopes:
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| Hand |
[Jan. 5th, 2008|09:10 pm] |
Rotoscoped hand! Rough draft for art class.
Media: Pen, Brush, and Ink, and Sharpies. On printer paper. |
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| Walk |
[Jan. 4th, 2008|11:06 pm] |
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| 1408 |
[Nov. 4th, 2007|01:12 am] |
Just watched 1408.
Memo to self: Never sleep, turn off light, close door, go near windows or hotels again. Ever. |
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