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From Fish to Infinity

Feb 2, ’10 12:45 PM

Steven Strogatz is a name I recognize from NPR. I’ve heard him on Radio Lab as a go to mathematician who can explain complex ideas (stochasticity) very simply. He’s writing a new series of articles for the NYT on math.

I’ll be writing about the elements of mathematics, from pre-school to grad school, for anyone out there who’d like to have a second chance at the subject — but this time from an adult perspective. It’s not intended to be remedial. The goal is to give you a better feeling for what math is all about and why it’s so enthralling to those who get it.

So, let’s begin with pre-school.

I’ll be tuning in.
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Wuthering VHS

Feb 1, ’10 11:30 PM

My friend Jordyn has written an exhaustive guide to every film and TV adaptation of the 1847 novel Wuthering Heights. She compares and critiques every one of the leads against the book and against themselves. The reviews average about 1,000 words.

Her guide is exhaustive but ultimately incomplete because she is ignoring the best adaptation of the novel to date. The Kate Bush music video. Canonize it!

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Things I Will Buy My Nephew: Part 2

Feb 1, ’10 5:57 PM

An orchestral tribute to wheels, wings, and whirly-birds, Bob Thompson’s 1960 “concept” LP rhapsodizes about the technology of human transport, from Vespa scooters to Le Mans racers, from tricycles to rocket ships. Each vehicular vignette is book-ended by authentic sound effects, with vivid stereo motion.