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The images are from the 1868 edition of the Grammar of Ornament, by Owen Jones
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first major speed bump encountered in Against the Day. The math here is a good level or three beyond my understanding.
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the AtD wiki recommends this discussion of quaternions
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redirect from WP lookup of Tom Bearden. Violation of 2nd law of thermodynamics is alleged.
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Can mathematics explain the art of Jackson Pollock? (answer: no)
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letter to the editor of the New York Times, April 21, 1908: How the Electrician’s Lamp of Aladdin May Construct New Worlds
links for 2006-12-05: Grammar of Ornament, Quaternions, Bearden, Bayes, Pollock, Tesla
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Tagged Against-The-Day, Bayes, design, electromagnetism, Jackson Pollock, mathematics, Nikola-Tesla, ornament, Owen Jones, perpetual motion, physics, power generation, probability, Quaternions, Thomas Pynchon, Tom Bearden, weapons
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