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Oblique Strategies, Stumbleupon and Certain Philosophers
2007-12-07 08:19:00 I just stumbled upon one of the numerous online implementations of Eno and Schmidt’s Oblique Strategies , and realised that there are certain writers whose work I put to use in much the way that some people use those (relatively) famous cards. More About: Stumbleupon , Philosophers , Philosopher , Cert
Topology 10: Surfaces By Identification
2007-12-05 08:16:00 In this instalment of our topological mini-series, we look at how the idea of a quotient map can create a number of familiar and unfamiliar surfaces from nothing more than a simple patch of the plane. Besides offering a little light relief, these surfaces and their relatives will be important to us later. More About: Identification , Maths
Irrational Numbers And Measurement
2007-12-03 09:26:00 I've been meaning to post an explanation of the irrationality of the square root of 2 for a while, but Meep has just done it in the seventh of her series Meep's Math Matters. But what is an irrational number? Do they really exist? More About: Science , Numbers , Epistemology , Maths , Number 1, 2, 3 |
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