Science & Technology


The Secret Life of Chaos

The Secret Life of Chaos


Posted By on Jul 1, 2011

“The Secret Life of Chaos” attempts to explain how we, as humans, got here.  It traces the contributions of Alan Turing (The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis), Boris Belousov (Belousov Reactions), Edward Lorentz (The Butterfly Effect),  Robert May (Population Dynamics), and Benoit Mandelbrot (Fractal Geometry of Nature and the Mandelbrot Set):

 

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A Quick History of Mathematics

A Quick History of Mathematics


Posted By on Jun 1, 2011

I have started today to revisit my passion for Mathematics.  To me, math is nothing more than the use of “symbols” to express relationships between “things” in the most simple of ways.   Check out this BBC TV series called “The Story of Maths” which is one of the best programs that traces the historical significance of this subject:

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