Tag: Chern

Centennial

The "Chern" of today's previous post is mathematician Shiing-Shen Chern (b. Oct. 26, 1911, d. Dec. 3, 2004). For an observance of the 2011 centennial of his birth,…

For Chern's Birthday

The Poem of Pure Reality

Hierophant

Some background for yesterday's posts: Midrash for Gnostics and related notes, as well as yesterday's New York Lottery.                     …

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Click to enlarge. Good question. See also Non-Euclidean Blocks, Romancing the Hyperspace, and Pilate Goes to Kindergarten. Chern died on the evening of Friday, Dec. 3, 2004 (Chinese…