Philosophy
You've no doubt heard the claim that some of the greatest musicians of all time had an intuitive sense for mathematical proportion and harmony. It's no coincidence, for instance, that the musical scale was invented by that most eccentric of mathematicians, Pythagoras.
And if you're familiar with your Leibniz, you might remember that he once claimed that "music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting."
Well, the following animation beautifully illustrates this abstract claim in as concrete a way as it is possible to do...
And if you need the sound of a more familiar rendition, we aim to please:
And why stop at music? Take a look at the the fibonacci sequence throughout nature.
May your day be blessed with beauty... and math :)
- Animated Fibonacci Sculptures
When math is expressed aesthetically, and when art is expressed with the precision and rigor of math, things are bound to look stunning and inspiring. If you haven't checked out Vi Hart's amazing little doodles on the Fibonacci series, or the...
- Richard Feynman - Ode To A Flower
A common misconception regarding disciplines that require abstract and rigorous thinking (math, philosophy, science, etc.) is that their cold and rational nature strips the world (and our experience of it) of its natural beauty and the awe it can inspire...
- The Birth Of Calculus - Newton And Leibniz
Before you run away in fear of having seen the word calculus, let me preface this entry by saying that you don't have to understand how it works, or even be able to do it, to understand and appreciate why it's important and why calculus represents...
- Doodling In Math - Spirals, Fibonacci And Plants - 3
Ok, so now that you've learned how the beauty and elegance of the golden ratio and Fibonacci sequence are instantiated all over the natural world (parts 1 and 2), you're probably wowing all your friends and thinking this is the coolest thing ever......
- Nature By Numbers - Fibonacci And The Golden Ratio
Among the pre-Socratics, it was Pythagoras who hypothesized that the most basic constituent of the universe wasn't some material substance but rather numbers. The idea must have seemed strange to most of his contemporaries, but over two thousands...
Philosophy
Bach Visualized Through Math
And if you're familiar with your Leibniz, you might remember that he once claimed that "music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting."
Well, the following animation beautifully illustrates this abstract claim in as concrete a way as it is possible to do...
And if you need the sound of a more familiar rendition, we aim to please:
And why stop at music? Take a look at the the fibonacci sequence throughout nature.
May your day be blessed with beauty... and math :)
- Animated Fibonacci Sculptures
When math is expressed aesthetically, and when art is expressed with the precision and rigor of math, things are bound to look stunning and inspiring. If you haven't checked out Vi Hart's amazing little doodles on the Fibonacci series, or the...
- Richard Feynman - Ode To A Flower
A common misconception regarding disciplines that require abstract and rigorous thinking (math, philosophy, science, etc.) is that their cold and rational nature strips the world (and our experience of it) of its natural beauty and the awe it can inspire...
- The Birth Of Calculus - Newton And Leibniz
Before you run away in fear of having seen the word calculus, let me preface this entry by saying that you don't have to understand how it works, or even be able to do it, to understand and appreciate why it's important and why calculus represents...
- Doodling In Math - Spirals, Fibonacci And Plants - 3
Ok, so now that you've learned how the beauty and elegance of the golden ratio and Fibonacci sequence are instantiated all over the natural world (parts 1 and 2), you're probably wowing all your friends and thinking this is the coolest thing ever......
- Nature By Numbers - Fibonacci And The Golden Ratio
Among the pre-Socratics, it was Pythagoras who hypothesized that the most basic constituent of the universe wasn't some material substance but rather numbers. The idea must have seemed strange to most of his contemporaries, but over two thousands...