Images reposted here on March 9 . . .
the reported date of death for film director John Korty —
The quotation is from a professor of mathematics at Spelman College.
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Friday, September 25, 2020
The Spelman Trick
The “card tricks” link above, now expired, is to …
http://www.spelman.edu/~colm/cards.html .
That webpage is now on the Internet Archive.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2021
In Memoriam: Welcome to Westview
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Saturday, March 20, 2021
Bad Dreams
“So, tell me about your most recent nightmare.”
— Dr. Raynor in “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”
Update of 2:07 PM ET on March 20 —
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Monday, March 1, 2021
Choice of Viewpoint . . .
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Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Arrangement in Gray and Black
See also The Spelman Trick.
The image above, from an Oct. 15 Harvard Crimson article, is not credited.
But see the Crimson’s “Code Girl” page and the website of Margot Shang.
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Friday, April 4, 2014
Eight Gate
From a Huffington Post discussion of aesthetics by Colm Mulcahy
of Spelman College, Atlanta:
"The image below on the left… is… overly simplistic, and lacks reality:
It's all a matter of perspective: the problem here is that opposite sides
of the cube, which are parallel in real life, actually look parallel in the
left image! The image on the right is better…."
A related discussion: Eight is a Gate.
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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Tuesday October 31, 2006
Trick
"Card tricks can be used
to liven up many classes
for mathematics students."
… or Treat?
Related material:
yesterday's entry.
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