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February 26, 2010
Category: Prime Stream
The aspiration to truth is more precious than its assured possession. -German playwright and philosopher Gotthold Lessing. From TheScian Photos Einstein noted this quote in an autobiographical note he wrote a month before he died [Chapter 26, Subtle is the...
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February 23, 2010
Category: Behind Curtains
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February 18, 2010
Category: Prime Stream
G H Hardy once said numbers would exist even if the universe did not. The zoom below takes us into that alternate mathethematical reality which appears to be more richer and deeper than our physical one. Mandelbrot Fractal Set Trip...
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February 15, 2010
Category: Creative commons
Conversation with my two year old daughter this morning. Daughter: [looks at a picture book involving tigers] Where is the mummy tiger, daddy? Me: It has gone for hunting, Nidhi. Daughter: No, daddy. It has gone to a shop to...
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February 9, 2010
Category: Prime Stream
Silence the expression of two pesky genes, and hey presto! you've got a tomato that stays fresh for as long as a month or more. Clearly this is a very useful trait for fruits and vegetables in India where...
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February 8, 2010
Category: Prime Stream
You get a square! More exciting mathematical thoughts in the latest edition of Steven Strogatz NY Times column....
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February 1, 2010
Category: Creative commons
At Studio360. Another version....
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Category: Prime Stream
Steven Strogatz is beginning a column in NY Times aimed at you and me. Not to be missed. I have a friend who gets a tremendous kick out of science, even though he's an artist. Whenever we get together all...
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