Life & Nature & Poetry & Sprituality Entropy | 30 Mar 2008
A Man Said to the Universe
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
Archive for March, 2008
Poetry & Sprituality Entropy | 25 Mar 2008
The Dimensions of Her Soul
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 of her hips.
At one time, when she was [...]
Architecture & Design Entropy | 21 Mar 2008
“I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.”
“I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.”
- Frank Lloyd Wright
Wright’s “Auldbrass” in South Carolina
Mathematics & Thought Provoking Entropy | 21 Mar 2008
Israeli Solves Math Code
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 to Israel [...]
Poetry & Poetry- Physics & Science Entropy | 15 Mar 2008
Molecular Evolution
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’ through the [...]
Thought Provoking Entropy | 10 Mar 2008
The joy of boredom
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 literature, for [...]