Category Archives: Mathematics

Blaise Pascal

Posted on May 25, 2005 by PlatoHagel

Blaise Pascal (June 19, 1623 – August 19, 1662) Born in Clermont-Ferrand (France), the young Pascal was introduced to mathematics and physics by his father. So precocious was his talent in these disciplines that he published his innovative Essai pour … Continue reading →

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Sylvester’s Surfaces

Posted on May 21, 2005 by PlatoHagel

Figure 2. Clebsch’s Diagonal Surface: Wonderful. We are told that “mathematics is that study which knows nothing of observation…” I think no statement could have been more opposite to the undoubted facts of the case; that mathematical analysis is constantly … Continue reading →

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Topo-sense?

Posted on May 19, 2005 by PlatoHagel

Michael Persinger has a vision – the Almighty isn’t dead, he’s an energy field. And your mind is an electromagnetic map to your soul. Persinger’s research forays are at the very frontier of the roiling field of neuroscience, the biochemical … Continue reading →

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A recipe for making strings in the lab

Posted on May 12, 2005 by PlatoHagel

All you educated people must forgive me here. I do not have the benefit, of the student and teacher relationship, yet I rely heavily on my intuitive processes. I cannot say whether for sure these are always right. IN this … Continue reading →

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The Unity of Mathematics

Posted on May 11, 2005 by PlatoHagel

Alain Connes Where a dictionary proceeds in a circular manner, defning a word by reference to another, the basic concepts of mathematics are infinitely closer to an indecomposable element”, a kind of elementary particle” of thought with a minimal amount … Continue reading →

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Larry Summers Issue Reveals Deeper Implications

Posted on March 22, 2005 by PlatoHagel

All the informtaion is gathered material, that held the Larry Summers issue in context. I was revealing aspects of this issue on another level, that many would not have understood. I wanted to bring it together here because the understanding … Continue reading →

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Supersymmetry

Posted on March 11, 2005 by PlatoHagel

There is no branch of mathematics, however abstract, which may not some day be applied to phenomena of the real world. — Nikolai Lobachevsky John Ellis: Extensions of the Standard Model often contain more discriminatory parameters, and this is certainly … Continue reading →

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Testing Theoretical Ideas of Extra Dimensions

Posted on March 9, 2005 by PlatoHagel

“Yet I exist in the hope that these memoirs, in some manner, I know not how, may find their way to the minds of humanity in Some Dimensionality, and may stir up a race of rebels who shall refuse to … Continue reading →

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Missing Energy Events

Posted on March 1, 2005 by PlatoHagel

‘There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there. All great discoveries have involved such a leap. The important thing is not to stop questioning.’ Albert Einstein(1879- 1955) … Continue reading →

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Symmetry and Symmetry Breaking

Posted on February 4, 2005 by PlatoHagel

Harmonices Mundi <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Kepler&quot; target=_blank title="Harmonice Mundi (Latin: Harmony of the Worlds, 1619) is a book by Johannes Kepler. It attempts to explain proportions and geometry in planetary motions by relating them to musical scales and intervals. According to Kepler, … Continue reading →

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