Wednesday, December 22, 2010

TED Blog | How to learn? From mistakes. Diana Laufenberg on TED.com

TED Blog | How to learn? From mistakes. Diana Laufenberg on TED.com

Friday, December 10, 2010

Benoît Mandelbrot, Novel Mathematician, Dies at 85 - NYTimes.com

Benoît Mandelbrot, Novel Mathematician, Dies at 85 - NYTimes.com: "He was 85.
pioneering work in chaos theory.

The cause was pancreatic cancer, his wife, Aliette, said. He had lived in Cambridge.

Dr. Mandelbrot coined the term “fractal”"

Monday, December 6, 2010

Saturday, November 27, 2010

In California, Carports That Can Generate Electricity - NYTimes.com

In California, Carports That Can Generate Electricity - NYTimes.com: "While the solar parking lots have generally been welcomed by local residents, people in one town in San Luis Obispo County were less receptive. A community advisory board in the small coastal town of Los Osos voted 8 to 1 to oppose the panels on parking lots at a local middle and elementary school, with one panel member warning of “visual blight.”"

“Once they become ubiquitous, they disappear,”