links for 2006-06-13
- It is one of the most romantic stories in the history of mathematics: in 1913, the English mathematician G. H. Hardy received a strange letter from an unknown clerk in Madras, India. The ten-page letter contained about 120 statements of theorems on infini
- New analysis of the language and gesture of South America's indigenous Aymara people indicates they have a concept of time opposite to all the world's studied cultures -- so that the past is ahead of them and the future behind.
- Almost any radio in the world is available through this website.
- Written by a chronobiologist, this is a detailed guide to human sleep cycles, how to alter them, what they are...
- To explore the future of AI, IEEE Intelligent Systems invited well-known AI scientists to contribute articles speculating about where AI is headed and how we might get there.
- Kris Dresen commences her new graphic novel GRACE online today.
- "A hanging", by George Orwell. Powerful writing.
- Victor W. Henningsen is an Instructor in History and the Social Sciences at Phillips Academy Andover , MA . In this interview he discusses tradition, high expectation, greatness, and the influence of good teachers on students.