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