Category Archives: Art

Compton and Graviton Scatterings?

Posted on December 9, 2004 by PlatoHagel

Sometimes it is very difficult to express what you want to say when you have so much information in your head. That you know it has to be expressed most carefully in order for one to get the jest of … Continue reading →

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The Six Men and the Elephant

Posted on November 25, 2004 by PlatoHagel

I’d like to embrace all those who are attempting to speak in regards to quantum gravity. This is a common poem, that reflects the efforts and differing perspectives at trying to descibe a world that is very much in the … Continue reading →

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The Man Who Knew Infinity:

Posted on November 24, 2004 by PlatoHagel

A Life of the Genius Ramanujanby Robert Kanigel Srinivas Ramanujan (1887-1920)In the past few decades, we have witnessed how Ramanujan’s contributions have made such a profound impact on various branches of mathematics. The book, “The man who knew infinity”, by … Continue reading →

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Mathematicians and Physicists Do is Perhaps Like Sculpture

Posted on November 23, 2004 by PlatoHagel

“Science is that human activity in which we aim to show towards nature that respect that in a democracy we endeavor to show towards each other.” Smolin then goes on to write something interesting here. Many would have interpreted the … Continue reading →

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The Recognition of Truth When the Hands Were Used

Posted on November 7, 2004 by PlatoHagel

Plato’s theory of recollection explained why we simply recognize truths for what they are: the soul had seen them directly in an abstracter state, among the eternal Ideas, before we were born. Aristotle hedged these bets: some first principles were … Continue reading →

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Cubist Revolt and the Fourth Dimension

Posted on November 1, 2004 by PlatoHagel

“Why must art be clinically “realistic?” This Cubist “revolt against perspective” seized the fourth dimension because it touched the third dimension from all possible perspectives. Simply put, Cubist art embraced the fourth dimension. Picasso’s paintings are a splendid example, showing … Continue reading →

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