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Sunday, April 09, 2006
Wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied?
Maybe I'm overestimating my blog's popularity...but I was expecting a lot more than two Fibonacci poems! Thanks to the creative individuals who posted. I'm guessing the second one was Johnsoep@stolaf.edu?
Anyway, please post more!!!!
I love you all.
5 comments:
Anonymous
said...
I'm sorry Peter, but I don't think I can participate in something quite that ludicrous and math-nerdy. It would totally destroy my carefully cultivated image.
To disbelieve that writing math poems can only improve one's reputation, that's what's ludicrous!
Lemme tell you, I've picked up more girls just by saying: "Do you want to hear about recursively defined arithmetic sequences that model rabbit breeding?"
Alas, am I doomed to imprisonment in the ivory tower that is my love for math?
i posted mine in your original "fibs" blog, but thought maybe i should put it here, on your more updated entry:
hi,
pete,
goodness
gracious me!
you are some kind of
super poetic math type nerd.
maybe, try going out with a female on a date . . .
your head could be clear of all the building up and stress of engaging the white matter!
and to the issue of the golden ratio, it is found in almost every aspect of biology. it's seen in the ration of the segments of all insects, the eye, tail and fins of a dophin compared to the length of the dophin, the sprial growth of sea shells, and within humans, the height vs. width (and thus the basis of leonardo's vitruvian man), height vs. head to fingertips, head to fingertips vs. head to elbows, width of shoulders to width of waiste, and almost all facial features in relation to other facial features. it is cool stuff. also why the golden ratio has been referred to as the "divine ratio" since almost all aspects of life can be related to this. of course one can go on and on about there being some apparent darwinian advantage aspect of 1.6xxxx vs god's plan to incorporate a common theme . . . eh, intelligent design?
5 comments:
I'm sorry Peter, but I don't think I can participate in something quite that ludicrous and math-nerdy. It would totally destroy my carefully cultivated image.
To disbelieve that writing math poems can only improve one's reputation, that's what's ludicrous!
Lemme tell you, I've picked up more girls just by saying: "Do you want to hear about recursively defined arithmetic sequences that model rabbit breeding?"
Alas, am I doomed to imprisonment in the ivory tower that is my love for math?
No, no, Pete! Remember you also have that insatiable love for classics!!
Oh...right...doomed...
geeks.
math.
poets.
breath-taking.
beauty embodied.
love in convex combination.
i posted mine in your original "fibs" blog, but thought maybe i should put it here, on your more updated entry:
hi,
pete,
goodness
gracious me!
you are some kind of
super poetic math type nerd.
maybe, try going out with a female on a date . . .
your head could be clear of all the building up and stress of engaging the white matter!
and to the issue of the golden ratio, it is found in almost every aspect of biology. it's seen in the ration of the segments of all insects, the eye, tail and fins of a dophin compared to the length of the dophin, the sprial growth of sea shells, and within humans, the height vs. width (and thus the basis of leonardo's vitruvian man), height vs. head to fingertips, head to fingertips vs. head to elbows, width of shoulders to width of waiste, and almost all facial features in relation to other facial features. it is cool stuff. also why the golden ratio has been referred to as the "divine ratio" since almost all aspects of life can be related to this. of course one can go on and on about there being some apparent darwinian advantage aspect of 1.6xxxx vs god's plan to incorporate a common theme . . . eh, intelligent design?
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