Comments on: An Elegant Weapon https://briankoberlein.com/2016/10/19/an-elegant-weapon/ Brian Koberlein Tue, 19 Feb 2019 13:26:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.3 By: Robert Norton https://briankoberlein.com/2016/10/19/an-elegant-weapon/#comment-4695 Sat, 22 Oct 2016 08:53:56 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=6201#comment-4695 He used a ladder stand that rolls ,almost like a scaffle …..

]]> By: Hendrik Boom https://briankoberlein.com/2016/10/19/an-elegant-weapon/#comment-4691 Fri, 21 Oct 2016 16:24:29 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=6201#comment-4691 I think that blackboard scene is from a movie. The blackboard does not look movable. Movable blackboards are usually segmented, otherwise you’d never be able to get the top down where you can write on it.

I’d attribute the picture to someone wanting to impress theatre-goers.

]]> By: Howie https://briankoberlein.com/2016/10/19/an-elegant-weapon/#comment-4684 Thu, 20 Oct 2016 14:42:25 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=6201#comment-4684 Sorry, but my Aspergers is kicking in again. How did that professor get all of those elegant equations and drawing so high uo on the chalkboard? Did he use a ladder? Does the chalkboard move up and down? Is it merely wallpaper to intimidate and weed out inferior students? This is why I suck at math; too distracted by too many distractions I guess. I do thoroughly enjoy your posts though, but sadly I will never have a true mathematical understanding of the topics you cover 🙁

]]> By: Daniel Gozzani https://briankoberlein.com/2016/10/19/an-elegant-weapon/#comment-4680 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 23:28:55 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=6201#comment-4680 Awesome…watched NOVA The Great Math Mystery the other day…will be cool getting a bit deeper…

]]> By: Sylvia https://briankoberlein.com/2016/10/19/an-elegant-weapon/#comment-4679 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 20:55:35 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=6201#comment-4679 Mathematics is the dark chocolate of science. It is marrow for the brain. ?

]]> By: Jpatrick https://briankoberlein.com/2016/10/19/an-elegant-weapon/#comment-4678 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 18:34:09 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=6201#comment-4678 Wigner’s essay is a time tested classic.

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