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MathTrek Ancient Islamic Penrose Tiles By Julie J. Rehmeyer

emmineb — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:59:00 GMT

When Peter J. Lu traveled to Uzbekistan, he had no idea of the mathematical journey that he was about to embark on as well. The Harvard graduate student in physics was fascinated by the beautiful and intricate geometric "girih" patterns on the 800-year-old buildings there, and he wanted to know how ancient artisans had created them. He discovered more than just a clever construction method. He also found an entirely unexpected level of mathematical sophistication in the designs, pointing at mathematical ideas that weren't formally developed until hundreds of years later. Lu's determination to find out took him on a journey through hundreds of photographs of Islamic architecture in the libraries at Harvard—and now it's landed him an article in Science.

MetaFilter: Art of Science

emmineb — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 06:29:15 GMT

Art of Science* 2006 'images, videos and sounds—produced in the course of research or incorporating tools and concepts from science.' Previously* on MeFi. (*links)

MetaFilter: Index of Medieval Medical Images

emmineb — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:22:22 GMT

<> Index of Medieval Medical Images Searchable collection of medieval illustrations (to the year 1500); the thumbnails can be viewed at varying magnifications. There are many more interesting online repositories devoted to the history of medical illustration--both medieval and early modern--including Historical Anatomies on the Web, Anatomia, Seeing is Believing, and Medieval Manuscripts in the National Library of Medicine

MetaFilter: What did one ghost say to the other?

emmineb — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 10:04:57 GMT

Get A-Life - an interesting read on artificial life and evolutionary computation, from the game of life (playable applet), through core wars, tierra and on to genetic programming. This approach has recently borne fruit to genetic programming pioneer and inventor of the scratchcard, John Koza, who last year patented his invention machine, actually a 1000 machine beowulf cluster running his software, which has itself created several inventions which have been granted patents. [See also: BBC Biotopia artificial life experiment, another odd BBC evolution game, Artificial Life Possibilities: A Star Trek Perspective]

Planarity.net: The Planarity Game

emmineb — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:41:32 GMT

Primidi

emmineb — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:20:21 GMT

Roland Piquepaille's Technology Trends How new technologies are modifying our way of life

Science & Spirit Magazine: The Tongue Who Would Be King

emmineb — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 08:05:14 GMT

"There are those who believe English could achieve what no other language has: global domination. But our linguistic history shows preeminence leads to resistance, then ruin—which means English should be looking over its shoulder."

Sunrise

emmineb — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:07:00 GMT

Technology Review: Physics arXiv blog Best Connectd Individuals Are Not the Most Influential Spreadrs in Social Networks 100202

emmineb — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:42:57 GMT

The study of social networks has thrown up more than a few surprises over the years. It's easy to imagine that because the links that form between various individuals in a society are not governed by any overarching rules, they must have a random structure. So the discovery in the 1980s that social networks are very different came as something of a surprise. In a social network, most nodes are not linked to each other but can easily be reached by a small number of steps. This is the so-called small worlds network.

The Gapminder World 2006, beta Search statistics through Google and watch it move with Gapminder

emmineb — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:30:58 GMT

Gapminder’s Trendalyzer software unveils the beauty of statistics by converting boring numbers into enjoyable interactive animations. Trendalyzer’s developers have left Gapminder to join Google in Mountain View, where Google intends to improve and scale up Trendalyzer, and make it freely available to those who seek access to statistics. The Stockholm-based Gapminder Foundation will continue to spearhead the use of new technology for data animations. The goal is to promote a fact-based worldview by bringing statistical story-telling to new levels. In collaboration with producers of accurate statistics that are eager to give the public free access to databases, Gapminder hopes to recruit and inspire many users of public statistics.