28 October 2009
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Then in 1984, "there was a moment, a day," says Green, "which I remember well, when suddenly everything fell into place at once. We were working on a particular aspect which we hoped – there was no reason to expect it to, but we secretly hoped – would work. And it did. But immediately, within a couple of hours, something else worked, which went far beyond that. And that was totally unexpected."
Green gave a talk on it a few days later. "There weren't exactly gasps, but clearly what happened was that someone then sent a message to Princeton, where there's a man called Edward Witten, who's amazing. And then the first thing that happened was that he produced a paper before we could, using what we'd done to do something more – which was astonishing, because we had no idea it could be used that way. And it was really his paper that triggered interest among other people."
Although he does not like the term revolution, that moment in 1984 is now called the first revolution in superstring theory.
There have now been thousands of papers on string theory, which attempts to reconcile quantum mechanics with relativity by arguing that subatomic particles are strings vibrating through space and time, differing merely in the ways in which they vibrate – through 10 or 11 dimensions.
Green gave a talk on it a few days later. "There weren't exactly gasps, but clearly what happened was that someone then sent a message to Princeton, where there's a man called Edward Witten, who's amazing. And then the first thing that happened was that he produced a paper before we could, using what we'd done to do something more – which was astonishing, because we had no idea it could be used that way. And it was really his paper that triggered interest among other people."
Although he does not like the term revolution, that moment in 1984 is now called the first revolution in superstring theory.
There have now been thousands of papers on string theory, which attempts to reconcile quantum mechanics with relativity by arguing that subatomic particles are strings vibrating through space and time, differing merely in the ways in which they vibrate – through 10 or 11 dimensions.
18 October 2009
admired and in some ways emulated him
if a problem seems unsurmountable you are not asking the right question
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gromov
http://www.ihes.fr/~gromov/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoholomorphic_curve
if a problem seems unsurmountable you are not asking the right question
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gromov
http://www.ihes.fr/~gromov/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoholomorphic_curve
17 October 2009
15 October 2009
13 October 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_racing_green
http://www.colourlovers.com/palette/38138/british_racing_green
BRG 5:
HEX: #001C11 RGB: 0, 28, 17
http://www.colourlovers.com/palette/38138/british_racing_green
BRG 5:
HEX: #001C11 RGB: 0, 28, 17
09 October 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maze
http://www.sacred-texts.com/etc/ml/ml26.htm
Our illustration of the last-named is taken from Dr. W. Harris's book "The King's Palace and Gardens at Loo" (1699). It will be seen that the maze to the left is described as a "wilderness," as is also the structure to the extreme right, but whereas the latter certainly presents little of a labyrinthine appearance, the former is evidently a hedge maze, although perhaps loosely drawn. Harris uses the terms "maze" and "wilderness" interchangeably.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/etc/ml/ml26.htm
06 October 2009
05 October 2009
13 September 2009
http://england.prm.ox.ac.uk/englishness-funeral-clothing.html
Twentieth-century etiquette demanded that people attending a funeral wore semi-formal clothing, which for adult men would usually mean a suit and tie in dark colours. The most traditional colour, considered to be the most respectful, was solid black, especially for the tie. Nowadays, special dress or behaviour is not required of those in mourning and even the wearing of black at funerals is declining. Most commentators date the association of black clothing with funerals to Roman custom when dark coloured togas were worn during the mourning period
http://www.sacred-texts.com/etc/fcod/fcod08.htm
Amongst the colours used to express grief, perhaps yellow, a symbol of decay, is the most common. It was used by the Egyptians amongst others. With it, the native of Central Africa paints his body as a sign of mourning, as the Australian paints himself white and the American Indian with black. In Brittany the widow's cap was of yellow or a light brown--the hue of withered leaves--which is also the prevailing colour in Persia.
Blue or violet is the "doole" of the Turk, the former being used in France and Belgium in connection with the death of a child, as representing not only the celestial blue of the heavens, but also the traditional colour worn by the "Mother of the Saviour" at Golgotha. Violet or purple, with which the Roman soldiers clothed the Saviour as "King of the Jews," is the colour adopted by the Christian Church as a sign of penance and mourning, and with which the pictures and ornaments of the Catholic Church are veiled from Passion Sunday till Easter. Black vestments are, however, used in masses for the dead, and on Good Friday.
Twentieth-century etiquette demanded that people attending a funeral wore semi-formal clothing, which for adult men would usually mean a suit and tie in dark colours. The most traditional colour, considered to be the most respectful, was solid black, especially for the tie. Nowadays, special dress or behaviour is not required of those in mourning and even the wearing of black at funerals is declining. Most commentators date the association of black clothing with funerals to Roman custom when dark coloured togas were worn during the mourning period
http://www.sacred-texts.com/etc/fcod/fcod08.htm
Amongst the colours used to express grief, perhaps yellow, a symbol of decay, is the most common. It was used by the Egyptians amongst others. With it, the native of Central Africa paints his body as a sign of mourning, as the Australian paints himself white and the American Indian with black. In Brittany the widow's cap was of yellow or a light brown--the hue of withered leaves--which is also the prevailing colour in Persia.
Blue or violet is the "doole" of the Turk, the former being used in France and Belgium in connection with the death of a child, as representing not only the celestial blue of the heavens, but also the traditional colour worn by the "Mother of the Saviour" at Golgotha. Violet or purple, with which the Roman soldiers clothed the Saviour as "King of the Jews," is the colour adopted by the Christian Church as a sign of penance and mourning, and with which the pictures and ornaments of the Catholic Church are veiled from Passion Sunday till Easter. Black vestments are, however, used in masses for the dead, and on Good Friday.
11 September 2009
10 September 2009
09 September 2009
05 September 2009
04 September 2009
Madonna of the Pomegranate by Botticelli, 1487 (cropped)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PomegranateI've got a seedling that popped up under one of the old 'Wonderful' trees back home in AL; dug it up and potted it - it's spent the last 3 or 4 winters in my office, by the window. I've not yet brought it in for the winter, this year - it's probably leafless and near-dormant now; will re-leaf and bloom, but it never sets fruit, even when I tried hand-pollinating - flowers just drop off. It usually gets dried out and defoliates a couple of times during the winter.
I can usually keep it alive, but it typically looks pretty sad by the time spring comes.
http://bonsai-plants.net/pomegranate-bonsai.php
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Original Kuniyoshi (1797 - 1861) Japanese Woodblock print
Sun Lee
Series; One hundred and eight heroes of the popular Suikoden, all told
Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
From the private collection of B.W. Robinson
The B.W. Robinson Collection - B.W. Robinson was regarded by curators, collectors and scholars as one of the world's leading experts on Japanese swords and the art of Kuniyoshi. As a museum curator and in his travels abroad, he developed an extensive knowledge of Kuniyoshi's art as well as an impressive collection. He wrote two books on Kuniyoshi that have become the standard texts in the art world on Kuniyoshi's work. After his death in December of 2005, his private collection of over 3,000 Japanese woodblock prints was purchased by private collectors and dealers alike. Among this collection there were a number of rare original Kuniyoshi designs that sold in auction for tens of thousands of dollars. Search the web to find out more about this scholar and his collection, you'll find several excellent articles and press releases.
Sun Lee - Fantastic image of the warrior Sun Lee threatening to cut off an enemy's head, his sword poised at the man's neck as his enemy screams for mercy. He wears a long robe with a design of a monkey and blue peonies, his wild hair flowing around his face. A dynamic print with a bold composition and handsome color.
03 September 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonsaihttp://www.bonsaishop.se/index.asp?sida=produkt&category=3
http://www.bonsaitreesupport.com/Bonsai_Home/Bonsai_Home.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikebana
IKEBANA is an art, well known all over the world: Flower arrangement. There are various schools including some modern ones, however, the basic principle is always the same: Heaven, the highest point, Earth, the lowest, and Man the center of the arrangement. In contrast to the massing of blooms typical of flower arrangement in western countries, Japanese flower arrangement is based on a small number of blooms.
http://www2.gol.com/users/hefej/
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