Comments on: Topologies of the Imagination http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/07/topologies-of-the-imagination/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:24:48 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: dp http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/07/topologies-of-the-imagination/comment-page-1/#comment-136542 dp Sun, 08 Jan 2006 21:14:12 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4173#comment-136542 I guess that this means we can move freely about the universe without leaving home. Just do it by the numbers. I guess that this means we can move freely about the universe without leaving home. Just do it by the numbers.

]]> By: John Quiggin http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/07/topologies-of-the-imagination/comment-page-1/#comment-136329 John Quiggin Sun, 08 Jan 2006 07:42:34 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4173#comment-136329 Isn't this (like most things in math) due to Hardy, Littlewood or Hardy&Littlewood? In this case Littlewood's <i>Miscellany</i> is my bet. Isn’t this (like most things in math) due to Hardy, Littlewood or Hardy&Littlewood? In this case Littlewood’s Miscellany is my bet.

]]> By: Walt Pohl http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/07/topologies-of-the-imagination/comment-page-1/#comment-136193 Walt Pohl Sun, 08 Jan 2006 01:03:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4173#comment-136193 This may be the only joke in human history that involves Eilenberg-Maclane spaces (K(pi,n)). This may be the only joke in human history that involves Eilenberg-Maclane spaces (K(pi,n)).

]]> By: abb1 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/07/topologies-of-the-imagination/comment-page-1/#comment-136085 abb1 Sat, 07 Jan 2006 18:53:40 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4173#comment-136085 In <a href="http://www.galaxyezine.com/stories/reviews/snop001.html" rel="nofollow">Mindswap</a> by Robert Sheckley you'll find the Theory of Searches, in which no object can truly be lost. And quite a lot of other fascinating science. In Mindswap by Robert Sheckley you’ll find the Theory of Searches, in which no object can truly be lost. And quite a lot of other fascinating science.

]]> By: Mr. Bill http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/07/topologies-of-the-imagination/comment-page-1/#comment-136084 Mr. Bill Sat, 07 Jan 2006 18:50:46 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4173#comment-136084 I remember, but cannot find, a 'Scientific American' <i>Mathematical Games</i> column of a few years back featured a way to use topology to make gold... I remember, but cannot find, a ‘Scientific American’ Mathematical Games column of a few years back featured a way to use topology to make gold…

]]> By: tew http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/07/topologies-of-the-imagination/comment-page-1/#comment-136080 tew Sat, 07 Jan 2006 18:14:08 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4173#comment-136080 This reminds me of the stories collected in <a href="http://math.cofc.edu/faculty/kasman/MATHFICT/mfview.php?callnumber=mf21" rel="nofollow">Fantasia Mathematica</a>, a collection of nonsense/science-fiction short stories, many dealing with the (newish at the time) study of topology. My father had a hard-bound copy, which I took to elementary school one day and lost, to my unending shame. This reminds me of the stories collected in Fantasia Mathematica, a collection of nonsense/science-fiction short stories, many dealing with the (newish at the time) study of topology.

My father had a hard-bound copy, which I took to elementary school one day and lost, to my unending shame.

]]> By: trotstky http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/07/topologies-of-the-imagination/comment-page-1/#comment-136055 trotstky Sat, 07 Jan 2006 10:03:03 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4173#comment-136055 Cornstalks up the leg ... now that's a real thing. Cornstalks up the leg … now that’s a real thing.

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