Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
NOVA - Hunting the Hidden Dimension
Nova makes some awesome shows.
Here is a great one from last week or so about fractals:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fractals/program.html
You can make your own fractals as well!
Make your own: http://www.fractaldomains.com/download.html (There are others as well, just Google it.)
Here is a great one from last week or so about fractals:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fractals/program.html
You can make your own fractals as well!
Make your own: http://www.fractaldomains.com/download.html (There are others as well, just Google it.)
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Wobbly Table Math
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=strange-but-true-turning&ref=sciam
It's a problem as old as civilization: the wobbly table. You may have thought your only recourse against this scourge is a hastily folded cocktail napkin stuffed under the offending leg. If so, take heart, because mathematicians have recently proved a more elegant solution. Just rotate the table.
It's a problem as old as civilization: the wobbly table. You may have thought your only recourse against this scourge is a hastily folded cocktail napkin stuffed under the offending leg. If so, take heart, because mathematicians have recently proved a more elegant solution. Just rotate the table.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
