A William Blake quatrain, from "Auguries of Innocence":
To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
In a short film hosted at the Radiolab "Pipes" site, William Hoffman captures something like infinity in the palm of his hand:
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A reader sent me a link to [this amusing blog][blog]. It's by a guy named George Shollenberger, who claims to have devised The First scientific Proof of God (and yes, he always capitalizes it like that).
Writing this blog, I get lots of email. One of the things that I get over and over again is a particular kind of cluelessness about the idea of infinity. I get the same basic kind of stupid flames in a lot of different forms: arguments about Cantor's diagonalization; arguments about
On the subject of basic concepts, here's an essay I orginally posted back in June. In it I try to explain what infinity is all about. It seems appropriate for this series, so I thought I would bring it back. Enjoy!
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Another piece of junk that I received: "The Invisible Link
Between Mathematics and Theology", by a guy named "Ladislav Kvasz",
published in a rag called "Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith". (I'm
That was beautiful! Thanks.
Oh c'mon, put the accent on the first line, let the second drift a little. You got no soul?
Great video, and music, real moments or reminders of moments.
thanks
JH
Really moving. I've watched it three times already. Can't really explain why I find it so powerful.