Category Archives: math – films about

By Hilbert writ, by Manning sealed

Posted on February 13, 2021 by markweiss86

Barbara Manning wrote and recorded an original song as a tribute to mathematicians like Cantor, Goedel, Hilbert, Cohen and Good Will Hunting. lyrics It’s hard to be the only one who knows something that’s true To stand alone as colleagues groan
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Painter who can describe CH

Posted on October 19, 2019 by markweiss86

At Gallery House, there are two cityscapes of NYC by Mitun (Balman) who also, I discovered, studied math well enough to, several years later, after Berkeley, describe CH (by Paul J. Cohen) with considerable depth. I wish I could have … Continue reading →

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Baby’s on fire!

Posted on December 21, 2018 by markweiss86

Today is my 20,000th day on earth celebration — i’m actually from the Sun. I’m going to go to gym, then walk the dog, then go catch the very first showing of the long awaited “Aquaman” starring my favorite of … Continue reading →

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Lunacy as white privileged and ‘Columbus’: Neil Degrasse Tyson w Mark Twain

Posted on September 24, 2018 by markweiss86

We believe, because historians tell us, that Christopher Columbus tricked to indigenous islanders into giving him food by causing a lunar eclipse in 1503. I was just reading about this I wonder if that’s why my smart phone suggested I … Continue reading →

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