Tag: Abel

Death Argument

Suggested by Peter J. Cameron's weblog post today on Halmos, by a July 18 post in this  journal on the Norwegian mathematician Abel, by a link in the…

Voldemort

Continuing yesterday's lottery meditation… The NY evening numbers yesterday were 244 and 2962. The latter suggests Post  2962— There is no Post  244 here, but a search within…

Infinite Jest

Two items from the August 5, 2005, anniversary of the day Marilyn Monroe was found dead— 1.  New Chapter in the Mystery 2.  Literary Symbol — See also related…

Infinite Jest

"Democrats– in conclusion– Democrats in America were put on earth to do one thing– Drag the ignorant hillbilly half of this country into the next century, which in…

Wednesday August 5, 2009

  Word and Image From Hall's obituary: "Edward T. Hall, a cultural anthropologist who pioneered the study of nonverbal  communication and interactions between members of different ethnic groups,…

Friday August 5, 2005

For Sir Alec From Elegance: "Philosophers ponder the idea of identity: what it is to give something a name on Monday and have it respond to that name…

Friday August 5, 2005

Abel's Birthday Click on picture for details.

Monday August 5, 2002

   What is Truth?     In honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Niels Henrik Abel, a partial answer: Elliptic Curves and Modular Forms  and the…

Monday August 5, 2002

History, Stephen said…. — The Modern Word — To really know a subject you've got to learn a bit of its history…. — John Baez, August 4, 2002…