pi

yay pi day!

3.14159265 day!

sadly i was unable to make a pie for class, on pi day. Although i will say that i greatly enjoyed the movie we watched in class and that pi and pi day has been a highlight of my school career, so in the spirit enjoy a few pi jokes!

Mathematician: Pi r squared
Baker: No! Pie are round, cake are square!

Q: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by its diameter?
A: Pumpkin pi.

Q: What do you get when you take a bovine and divide its circumference by its diameter?
A: Cow pi.

Q: What do you get when you take green cheese and divide its circumference by its diameter?
A: Moon pi.

Q:What do you get when you take a native Alaskan and divide its circumference by its diameter?
A: Eskimo pi.

Q:What do you get when you take the sun and divide its circumference by its diameter?
A: Pi in the sky.

Q: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice cream by its diameter?
A: Pi a la mode.

did that amuse you?! good! i love pie, and pi jokes! hope you are not hungry ;)

Art and Physics Summary

The first few chapter of this book, as previously outlined, explore the concept that art and physics are, although very different, conceptually are created of very similar concert ground. The common ground amongst the two being the interest in the nature of reality. Through the first few chapters these conceptually intrging ideas are explored through literature, philosophy and religion.

Chapter 8, titled Modern Art, Newton Triumph, begins a new approach analyzing actual pieces of art, starting with post modern impressionism pieces such as Manet and Monet's work. In the following chapters Shlain connects modern art and nature to future patterned discoveries of physics. The point of the invention of the camera comes about as a prime example of the reality being captured by both are and science. Art is further discussed and compared with space, time, and lights, as the books titled infers. For example photography means "writing with light." This analysis continues for 11 chapters in detail combining the first few chapters. The overall thesis is now bieng compared to literature and physlosphy regarding art art, and space, time, and light regarding science.

Chapter 11 now takes a turn.

Art & Physics- Chapter 3

"All curiosty is at an end after Jesus , all research after the gospel. Let us have Faith and wish for nothing more." - Tertullian

Euclids theories and science didn't exactly match up with the popular Christian beliefs- go figure. Soon a large gap, or as many call "Cracks and splinter" between science and Christianity began to form. With the Christan heaven and seventh heaven people didn't know up from down. The timeline delima comes about- what is eternity? when was Genesis? was it time if nothing happened? if god intended time and space, when was that?
So you could say some people are a bit bias against Christianity and hold a grudge. Vasari, the author of Lives of the Artist, credits the loss of art strictly to the Christians and the purging of anything pagan or evil... which would lead to the dark ages.. and yada yada yada everything goes bye bye. BUT after the dark ages a new version of space, light, and time would come about reflecting a larger culture.
With this the use of shapes began emerging in mosaics and space was discontinuous. And geometry was soon part of the rules of art, changes such as :
a point cannot occupy more than one locus
different moments show same figure doing different things in art
time is no longer straight but with shapes and zones
everything has a sequence and order, without all is useless
BUT
light did not travel
light is now from the soul
shown only through rays or a halo
light is all spirit- as shown through glass in Gothic cathedrals

Now Christianity had replaced all science and art. It was the all winning philosophy, rejecting those that did not agree. Christianity although at first mild mannered would take a radical spin into control western world cultures and views.

Art& Physics - Chapter 2

"let no other enter here who is not schooled in geometry"- Plato


This Chapter focuses on the relation of space, time , and light.
It has been agreed through the greek time that no line defines "in here" and "out there" but once introduced to the classical era reason and logic of ciaos became the new magic. The alphabet - the big invention of the time- and our basics of from the evolved greek alphabet today. Not only was the alphabet standardized, and a rule, but the first form of abstract art. This alphabet was critically innovative due to separating images, and personally connotations with an image, and changed to a universal and less relative thought. And no surprise- Eulicd, the greek mathematician soon came up with geometry. He did a varys similar thing and took abstract thought and put it to paper in formulas.
Eulicd decided a few things : 1. the shortest distance between two points is a straight line
implying that space was uniform 2. you can place things in space without affecting other objects- space does not affect mass
Aristotle focused on time : focusing on the fates of past, present, and future. he began to standardize the Greek philosophy with "if- then" statements. He thought time cycled in an "image of endless eternity"
It is later observed that both Eulicd and Aristotle were right- in regard to art. Every frieze, relief, and sculpture were lines in a single plain moving one direction. Both men are credited for paradigm, the idea that the world is unchanged. Wana know the funny part- Eulicd was praised for his writing of the Elements, where Aristotle was considered irrational, and maybe insane.
Notice in nature no lines are present, we are taught hat lines are. But then again, look at the horizon as a line.
The Greeks were all about architecture, beaiuty, and proportions and was considered free art. Although this was the beginning of duality- atoms and void. heaven and hell. "in here" "out there" BUT soon Christan concepts will change art, physics, culture and the world as they knew it.

interesting fact: Plato once suggested our light comes from our eyes created from our minds.

Art & Physics- Chapter One

I began reading Art & Physics, parallel vision in space, time & light
By: Leonard Shlain

"There is no science without fancy and no art without facts"- Vladimir Nabokov

The first chapter outlines how the book came to fit together and what Shlain considered his thesis for the combination of the dimensions of art, space, time, and light. Shlain first addressed what i found most difficult, how do art and physics fit together? Art is relative, flexible, boundless, and full of avant-garde ideals. Contrary physics is science, reason, logical, and set. Shalin ties both together with purpose. Both artist, physicist, and philosophers set out to investigate the nature of reality. Shalin goes back into the Greek time describing the philosopher's quest to be masters of nature and reality. Shalin sets us up to compare revolutionary artists pprecursing the questions scientist will address and focus on solving. An example is given: Vincent Van Gogh addressed to his brother in many letters his distress over how words could not accurately decides his emotions and art. Years late Neilh Bohr (the famous physicist) focused on solving the universal language of both words and physics, for physics has a language of its own. Shalin will create a simultaneous time line for physics, art, and history.