by Lawrence J. J. Leonard
1 The leader is One,
wellspring provider;
2 I am commanded to the grassland settlement.
Directing me to the bank of the glassy sea;
by Lawrence J. J. Leonard
1 The leader is One,
wellspring provider;
2 I am commanded to the grassland settlement.
Directing me to the bank of the glassy sea;
by Lawrence J. J. Leonard
Technologies are advancing so quickly that we have to plan our lives around times without electronic devices, just to feel human.
It all started with Quantum Mechanics. Robert Hooke a natural philosopher, architect and polymath from England,
proposed in the 1600s that force and gravity had attractive properties in space.
From these humble beginnings we know that light travels faster than sound.
This is why some Humans appear bright BEFORE we hear them speak.
~~~
Human: What happened when Chuck Norris and Time had a race?
by Lawrence J. J. Leonard
Our interactions with numbers
in the twenty-first century
confess a relationship which is akin to a kind of friendship.
Watch out, because if we get too cozy with nicknames for numbers,
we will be forced to tow the line of their significance
and this will just go on and on into infinity.
[nerd joke]
Let’s have a look at how we talk about and interact with numbers,
including what kinds of names we give them.
We think we are in control, but the names reveal that they have a hold over us.
by Lawrence J. J. Leonard
Mathematics allows the practitioner to practice,
while only a truly devoted student can stud.
~~~
“Medicine makes people ill, mathematics make them sad and
theology makes them sinful.” ~ Martin Luther (1483-1546)
German professor of theology, composer, priest, former monk