When Pythagoras met Homer: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs recalls a time when being a mathematician was like being a poet.
technology
In 1894, Edouard Michelin, the fine artist of a gifted family, looked at a pile of tyres and said to his engineer brother André: “With arms and legs, that would look like a man.”
Thomas Ovans finds that Jo Colley’s flying-related collection deals with much more than aeroplanes
Thomas Ovans uses the internet to solve mysteries round an air crash fifty years ago … and also uncovers some more recent concerns
Optimization & Optimism Michael Bartholomew-Biggs looks at links between mathematics & poetry
Poetry review – THE METAL EXCHANGE: Carla Scarano reviews David Cooke’s exploration of humanity’s complicated relationship with metals
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, science, technology, year 2022 0 • Tags: books, Carla Scarano, poetry, science, technology