Monthly Archives: March 2014
Fractals, Nature and Design
Fractals are fascinating. A fractal is a self-repeating pattern of some sort which appears exactly the same at all magnification levels. Mathematicians are especially interested in fractals and have studied them over a long period of time. Several books have been written on fractals, for instance The Fractal Geometry of Nature and Fractals Everywhere. Looking […]
Interesting Word Trends Over Time by Google
Google has gone a long way in its quest to digitize every book on the planet that is ever published, amid a stern resistance from some parties. One interesting result out of this humongous project is the ability to study the use of words over time. To see the use of any word over time, […]
Some of My Favorite Books
Some of my favorite books.