A Sentimental Journey

A prank with a whiff of mathematics

Alexandre Borovik — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:44:01 +0000

Mirrors is one of threads of this blog. Here is a popular YouTube mirror prank:

[With thanks to muriel]

A Christmas card

Alexandre Borovik — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:54:27 +0000

Author: Mark Fairhurst, http://www.markfairhurstphotographer.com/

More Art with a Whiff of Mathematics

Alexandre Borovik — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:56:24 +0000

Waldemar Cordeiro, Visible Idea, 1956, wood plastered

More art with a whiff of mathematics

Alexandre Borovik — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:56:46 +0000

Deception. A preview to Mark Fairhurst’s exhibition, 10 Sept – 1 Oct 2011, The Corinium Museum, Park Street, Cirencister

Theme tune by Frans Bak for Danish TV series Forbrydelsen (The Killing).

Mark Fairhurst’ website.

In praise of books

Alexandre Borovik — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:42:25 +0000

Source: A Work in Progress

Photo art with a whiff of mathematics

Alexandre Borovik — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:06:30 +0000

Remarkable photographs of old churches, by Mark Fairhurst, on a BBC website:

Photo by Mark Fairhurst, http://www.markfairhurstphotographer.com/

Hjs website was a revelation for me: he is a brilliant portrait master.

Some Simpsons-esque humor

Alexandre Borovik — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:51:04 +0000

A control room of Hinkley Point A nuclear power station. Please notice the poster on the right:

Hinkley Point A nuclear power station control room. Source: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/7/29/1311952679259/Hinkley-A-nuclear-power-s-007.jpg

And this is the poster itself:

" I didn't do that. Nobody saw me do it. You can't prove anything." Source: http://media.photobucket.com/image/bart%20simpson/virtuallyme1/lgmp0296i-didnt-do-it-bart-simpson-.jpg

Images with more than a whiff of mathematics

Alexandre Borovik — Mon, 30 May 2011 07:06:21 +0000

From BBC:

Researchers at Cardiff University reporting at the Acoustical Society of America meeting have presented striking images of stringed instruments made using “holographic interferometry”, which allows them to visualise precisely how and where the soundboards of instruments vibrate. (Photos courtesy Bernard Richardson)

Borovik backs phonics

Alexandre Borovik — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:33:54 +0000

This is the title of a post at the Literacy Blog.

Places I visited: Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham

Alexandre Borovik — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:31:17 +0000

A goose on the roof. Jubilee Campus, Nottingham University. Some roofs there are covered with lawn, for natural thermal insulation, and geese are grazing there. This is what I call environmentally friendly architecture. Photo by Natasha Alechina.

Jubille Campus, Nottingham University. Geese graze happily at ground level, too -- but who will be surprised with that?