<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genuine_Progress_Indicator> A GPI is an attempt to measure whether or not a country's growth, increased production of goods, and...
"Doctor, I want you to evaluate my 13-year-old son." "Okay," said the psychologist. "He's suffering from transient psychosis with an intermittent rage...
My conjecture seems to be accurate, regarding the use of these bilaterally symetrical bifacial bait traps. They've been referred to a swiss army knives and...
... <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tectonics> , ... touch, likely derives from the sound made from ... * Tectonics, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tectonics>...
... Yes, tekton = builder, stone mason, carpenter using tools probably derived from sanskrit or proto-Indo-European and my guess is further derived from an...
The discussion of flint brings this on: We have evidence of flint toolwork from 2.5 million years ago. A million years of flint-making left a layer thick...
So far as I know Alexander Graham Bell was the earliest to fill space with octahedra and tetrahedra. Surely someone discovered this before Bell? Regards, Hop...
There's some info here, though not enough to answer your question: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Space-FillingPolyhedron.html Note that Math World doesn't...
Carbon group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_group> ... million ... Olduvai ... microprocessors. ... ship and ... 14th ...
It's nice to see that people here are still considering the question I posed about a month ago about the history of OCTA-TETRA spacefilling, so I'll ask it...
Here's my latest OCTA-TETRA Model. This one is made of the "Golden Octet Truss". I received the measurements from Sandor Kabai. The template for the yellow...
... It's DeVarco by the way. Formerly Bonnie Goldstein, archivist for BFI when still on La Cienaga in LA, then moved to Santa Barbara where I was appointed ...
... I looked up Fuller in Math-World, and I found: * Synergetics Coordinates <http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SynergeticsCoordinates.html> * Geodesic Dome...
... Synergetics Coordinates is the Cliff Nelson thing. Through most of the record, we argued. Barton thinks Chakovians (quadrays) are great, but private...
... Yeah, tactile, tack and tacky (sticky) obviously derive from tek. (I once worked for a company called Tech Group, field machining equipment, I was a...
Kirby wrote: I'm interested in why you are curious about this question and what you have done, in terms of library work, to get an answer. Seems like a ...
... Yes, and thank *you* for a detailed and informative reply. Where we often start in Synergetics is with a tetrahedron of four balls, all same size, stuck...
Kirby, Thanks for your very helpful reply. I especially likes your capsulation of my quest: "You just want to measure the level of awareness of certain...
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Dan I recommend you talk to Tom Miller, a self-taugh geometer. http://www.bfi.org/our_programs/bfi_community/biography_tom_miller He is building houses with...
Dan mamadern@... See also: http://snec.synergeticists.org/snec.meeting.2006.08.html Notice Roger nodding off next to George Hart while Tom lectures. It...
