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Chaos Theory Scientist Edward Lorenz Dies At 90

By Stacy Reed

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Chaos_Theory_Scientist_Edward_Lorenz_Dies_At_90_16477.html An emeritus professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Lorenz was both a mathematician and a meteorologist, who combined the two sciences in an attempt to accurately predict weather. Instead, he accidentally discovered the butterfly effect, which he presented in a study published in 1972 entitled “Predictability: Does the Flap of a Butterfly’s Wings in Brazil Set OffContinue readingChaos Theory Scientist Edward Lorenz Dies At 90

The Art of Amy Myers

By Stacy Reed

http://www.amymyersdrawings.com/ Must check out Amy Meyer’s gallery! Artist Statement” The perspective of   particle physics is one of a universe without “stuff”. All particles exist     with the potential    to combine with            and become                different particles. They are intermediate states   in a network of interactions  and are based upon events,                  not things.

Bathsheba Grossman – Calabi-Yau Manifold

By Stacy Reed

Forever a fan. From the page: “According to string theory, spacetime as we know it isn’t 4-dimensional, but 10-dimensional. The next question is, where are the extra 6 dimensions that we don’t see? One answer is that they’re ‘compactified’: roughly speaking, rolled up into such a small shape that they’re unobservable by humans. Calabi-Yau spaces may be that submicroscopic shape.Continue readingBathsheba Grossman – Calabi-Yau Manifold

The Fractal Challenge

By Stacy Reed

http://calvindude.com/dude/blog/2007/07/the-fractal-challenge-to-homology/ From the page: “I am the first person to acknowledge that I am somewhat strange. One of the things that I enjoy doing is looking at patterns. For instance, when I walk down the sidewalk I look for patterns in the cracks in the cement, in the twigs that fall from trees, in shadows, etc. These patterns have oneContinue readingThe Fractal Challenge

Pi

By Sya

A very cool movie. If you're a math geek and you haven't watched it yet, tsk tsk… for shame. This is just the trailer, but it's very cool too.

African fractals

By Stacy Reed

http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog?p=1469 From the page: “Egland’s work began by analyzing photos of African villages and seeing fractal patterns. With a Fulbright grant, he began travelling around Africa and asking people why people build the way they do. He found palaces made from fractile organizations of rectangles, villages of self-similar circular compounds, Nigerian villages apparently built from self-similar circles. “

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