LEVAN: Learning Everything about Anything. Polyface, Inc. Mathematics in Art and Architecture. Welcome to Mathematics in Art and Architecture! Course Content Additional Information Objectives of the Module The goal of the course is to study connections between mathematics and art and architecture. You will see how mathematics is not just about formulas and logic, but about patterns, symmetry, structure, shape and beauty. After taking this course you will look at the world with new eyes and notice mathematical structures around you. Topics to be Covered We start by studying tilings. Practical Information and Assessment This course is one of the new General Education Modules at the NUS. I will be away on conference leave from 6/1/04 to 12/1/04, so there will be no lectures on Tuesday 6/1 and Friday 9/1. There will be three hours of lectures and one hour of large group tutorial each week.
I use a cordless microphone and walk around in class and ask questions. If you send me e-mail, please use the module code GEK1518 in the subject. The final exam counts 40% of your grade. IVLE Course Page. Sangaku: Reflections on the Phenomenon from Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles. Sangaku: Reflections on the Phenomenon Sangaku are often colorful tablets offered in shinto shrines (and sometimes in buddhist temples) in Japan and posing mathematical problems. The earliest sangaku date a few years before the beginning of the japanese Edo period (1603-1867) of self-imposed seclusion from the Western world. Most of the write-ups on the Sangaku phenomenon are based on either a Scientific American article by Tony Rothman written in co-operation with Hidetoshi Fukagawa, a Japanese teacher with a Ph.D in mathematics, or the book by H. Fukagawa and D. Pedoe. For example, Rothman explains in the introduction to his article: Of the world's countless customs and traditions, perhaps none is as elegant, nor as beautiful, as the tradition of sangaku, Japanese temple geometry.
Introducing a Sangoku problem, the authors of a remarkable problem collection Which Way Did the Bicycle Go? First of all, Sangaku problems were written in Kanbun, Chinese written for the Japanese audience. Sonshi.com - Large and popular Sun Tzu Art of War website. New Brain Machine Improves Musical Creativity: September 12, 2003 by Matt Brennan The Dominion - Yes, you read the headline correctly, and no, I can't believe it either, but apparently scientists have invented a brain machine that dramatically enhances musical performance, thus paving the way for a new race of highly skilled super-musicians.
According to the BBC, "the system - called neurofeedback - trains musicians to clear their minds and produce more creative brain waves. Research, to be published in the journal Neuroreport, indicates the technique helps musicians to improve by an average of 17% - the equivalent of one grade or class of honours. Some improved by as much as 50%. " The brain machine was tested on 97 students at the Royal College of Music in London, UK, and the percentage scores refer to examinations conducted by professional adjudicators.
The brain activity of a healthy human being can be understood as a collection of brain waves which scientists have learned to identify and isolate.