Mathematics

Sep 1166 min read

An Exercise in Middle Woodland Geometry IV

For thousands of years before European contact, the peoples of eastern North America have lived along the banks of the region's many rivers.

May 2029 min read

An Exercise in Middle Woodland Geometry III

III - A mathematical construction is a mechanical physical act that is directly related to the physical act of constructing a structure.

Mar 2615 min read

An Exercise in Middle Woodland Geometry II

II - Human-based measures are empirical and can create materials designed to fit individual differences.

Mar 118 min read

An Exercise in Middle Woodland Geometry I

I - Hopewell is the name for an inflorescence of a North American indigenous mound-building culture that had existed for thousands of years.

Dec 10, 20239 min read

What are Categories? Human Categorization

These words are categories, terms in which one separates the world into objects or things.

Sep 8, 202314 min read

What is Choice?

The fact that humans do not make purely rational decisions has been established in psychology and is taken as a set of constraints or bounds

Jul 22, 202310 min read

Mixed Species Foraging in Birds

Mixed species foraging flocks of birds and other animals are common everywhere

Aug 26, 202210 min read

Coherent Structures: Part 2 – Gels

The inside of a biological cell is considered a gel.

Jun 18, 202214 min read

Coherent Structures: Part 1, Clouds and Ocean Vortexes

Humans are excellent at seeing patterns and categorizing what they see. Some are only imagination, others form the basis of our science.

Aug 21, 20219 min read

What is Mathematics?

Just what is mathematics? This is a question that would seem very easy and turns out to be very hard.

Dec 10, 20207 min read

Relational and Absolute Space

What is the true nature of physical reality? We perceive reality through our senses.

Nov 16, 20207 min read

Dynamic Systems and Modeling

A dynamic system is a set of mathematical equations in which one or more variables change according to time.

Aug 21, 20209 min read

Introduction to Turing Patterns

During the 1930s and 1940s a group of scientists tried to reconcile the newly rediscovered Mendelian genetics with Darwin's theory of...

Jul 19, 20205 min read

Hexagons

Hexagons are everywhere in the natural world. Most people think of honeycomb when they think of hexagonal patterns .

Apr 4, 20204 min read

Mathematics and the Embodied Mind

What is the mind and what is the body? Do they exist together on are they somehow separate?

Mar 21, 20202 min read

Speaking Chinese numbers will make us smarter

Speaking Chinese numbers will make you smarter