Permalinks to NYT Math Blog by Steven Strogatz
The main page can be found here: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/author/steven-strogatz/ - but once it gets archived the permalinks below will take you to the individual posts. I’ll try to remember to add the new permalinks for future installments…
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/from-fish-to-infinity/
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/rock-groups/
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/the-enemy-of-my-enemy/
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/division-and-its-discontents/
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/the-joy-of-x/
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/finding-your-roots/
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/square-dancing/
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/think-globally/
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/power-tools/
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/take-it-to-the-limit/
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/change-we-can-believe-in/
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/it-slices-it-dices/
I wonder if any of them have a 2nd phone that they snuck into the meeting and they’re texting under the table thinking Obama won’t notice…? And are we in trouble if the people setting policy are so removed from the real lives of the rest of us that not one of them has an iphone?
Now You Can Feel Small Again
As the population shifts towards the urban side of the spectrum a not-too-often spoken about side-effect has become an increasingly smaller part of our nightlife though we generally are too busy with the flavor of the moment to notice our intensifying state of deprivation. As is true of most complications in the modern age this can all be traced back to the problem of light. The problem I’m talking about here is that the light from our cities is robbing us of the pleasure of gazing up at the stars - but not to worry the multi-billion dollar Google Corporation is coming to the rescue with http://www.google.com/sky/ - and not a moment too soon because I’m sure all of us have spent enough time dealing with our earthly pursuits and have been just standing around waiting for the opportunity to spend several centuries wandering about the cosmos without truly understanding a thing about it all while sitting in the comfort of our own computer chairs… (crossposted to Dirshoo
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- Song:
- Maoz Tzur - Fin
- Artist:
- Rav Shmuel
- Album:
- B'yameinu - Fin
My own version of Maoz Tzur for Chanukah usage…
UnKnown - But I’ve been saying it so long it may as well be mine and I really don’t feel like googling it right now…“The brain is a wonderful organ. It functions perfectly from the moment you wake up until the moment you get to school.”
Dancing with the “chatan” (groom)
