Nature &Sprituality Entropy | 30 Mar 2008
A man said to the universe: “Sir, I exist! “However,” replied the universe, “The fact has not created in me “A sense of obligation.” -By Stephen Crane- (1871- 1900 ) Stephen Crane was one of America’s foremost realistic writers, and his works have been credited with marking the beginning of modern American Naturalism
Poetry &Sprituality Entropy | 25 Mar 2008
She Considers the Dimensions of Her Soul (Mrs. Morninghouse, after a Sermon Entitled, “What the Spirit Teaches Us through Grief”) The shape of her soul is a square. She knows this to be the case because she sometimes feels its corners pressing sharp against the bone just under her shoulder blades and across the wings [...]
Architecture & Design Entropy | 21 Mar 2008
“I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.” – Frank Lloyd Wright Wright’s “Auldbrass” in South Carolina
Mathematics Entropy | 21 Mar 2008
After 38 Years, Israeli Solves Math Code A mathematical puzzle that baffled the top minds in the esoteric field of symbolic dynamics for nearly four decades has been cracked — by a 63-year-old immigrant who once had to work as a security guard. Avraham Trahtman, a mathematician who also toiled as a laborer after moving [...]
Poetry &Poetry- Physics &Science Entropy | 15 Mar 2008
Most people remember James Clerk Maxwell for his equations relating electric and magnetic fields, which revolutionized 19th-century science. But the Scottish physicist and mathematician was also an amateur poet, and this small collection, hosted by the University of Toronto, offers a rare insight into his opinions and personality: Gin a body meet a body Flyin’ [...]
Thought Provoking Entropy | 10 Mar 2008
Don’t check that e-mail. Don’t answer that phone. Just sit there. You might be surprised by what happens. A DECADE AGO, those monotonous minutes were just a fact of life: time ticking away, as you gazed idly into space, stood in line, or sat in bumper-to-bumper traffic. In one of the most famous scenes in [...]