Tag: dimensions
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Pi Day
As today is 3/14, it’s come to be recognized as International Pi Day. It also happens to be Albert Einstein’s 145th birthday. Both of these facts appeal to me because years ago, I obtained a degree in astrophysics from a small school in the desert Southwest called the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.…
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Mathematical Horror
I have a degree in physics and physicists use mathematics as the language to describe the phenomena they examine. In fact, my degree was so steeped in math, that I seriously contemplated a math degree in addition to my physics degree. Many of my contemporaries at New Mexico Tech did just that. We use vector…
David Lee Summers