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On Monkeys, Shakespeare and the Universe
particlesoup: sciencelovesart: Genetic Programming: Evolution of Mona Lisa Trial and error. What artist has not at some point resorted to “I’ll just try this and see if it looks better.“? You might say that, in light of Darwin’s model of natural selection, nature itself does the same: make a genetic mutation or two, or a billion, and see what works. Swedish programmer Roger Alsing has...
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More Science Haikus
My twin is ancient Tricked into staying at home While I toured the stars A quantum kitty By any other measure Would purr as strangely. Creationist rant: “My ancestors were not apes!” Rave on, monkey-boy. A stone falls to earth Matter warps space around it Albert described it Droning on and on Talking about the atom What an awful Bohr. Source Want to submit your own science haiku?...
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Science Haikus
C60 islands. molecules do not like salt; strange shapes resulting. -“Buckminsterfullerene on KBr studied by High Resolution NC-AFM: Molecular nucleation and growth on an insulator” Peaks in the spectrum! Is that spin transfer I see? No! Blasted cellphone! -Paper, in preparation, on GHz noise in TMR junctions Supernovae Flame Miles-per-second fire Slows down when bended -“The Response of Model...
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“Principles for the Development of a Complete Mind: Study the science of art....”
– Leonardo da Vinci
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mrherriot asked: Not a question, just wanted to say: Great Blog!
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