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Inaugural Poem

"I, the Rock, I, the River, I, the Tree I am yours—your passages have been paid." — Maya Angelou, January 20, 1993      See also Rock,  River,…

In the Details

Part I:  Synthesis Part II:  Iconic Symbols Blackboard Jungle , 1955 Part III:  Euclid vs. Galois

Field of Dreams

The Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor that can be bestowed on a civilian, was presented to Stan Musial at the White House on Feb 15, 2011….

Executioner's Song

For Terry Gilliam See also, from the the above uploading date, Taylor Made, with its linked-to passage from a book by Charles Taylor. For some more recent background,…

Tears in the Rain

Top of the front page, tonight's online New York Times— Click the above image for the story of a rather different cyclist. See also some images from Guy…

Solomon's Rep-tiles

"Rep-tiles Revisited," by Viorel Nitica, in MASS Selecta: Teaching and Learning Advanced Undergraduate Mathematics ,  American Mathematical Society, 2003— "The goal of this note is to take a…

Brazil Revisited

Yesterday's post Treasure Hunt, on a Brazilian weblog, suggests a review of Brazil  in this journal.  The post most relevant to yesterday's remarks is from August 15, 2003,…

Treasure Hunt

The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) newsmagazine Focus  for December 2012/January 2013:  The Babylonian tablet on the cover illustrates the "Mathematical Treasures" article. A search for related material…

Hamming It Up

Or:  Dr. Arroway Flies Again Today's math news mentioning the Hamming Medal suggests… Richard Hamming (d. 1998) as a real-life counterpart to the techno-wizard S. R. Hadden in…

Medals

National… International… Click medal for some background. The medal may be regarded as illustrating the 16-point Galois space. (See previous post.) Related material: Jews in Hyperspace.