Via scienceisbeauty:
Flotilla is a video of micro-origamis (2 ou 3 centimeters long) which are opening slowly onto the surface of the water by capillarity.
Credit: Etienne Cliquet
(Absolutely stunning, don’t you dare miss it!)
Do you like calculus? No? Read on anyway.
Via ilovecharts:
The function y=|x| is continuous, but not differentiable at x=0, because it makes a 90 degree turn there. Would it be possible to construct a function which iscontinuous, but differentiable nowhere? Bolzano’s function is an example of such a curve. The animation shows how it is created by repeating a certain step, then zooms in to show it is infinitely detailed. Jaggy on all scales
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Checkmate in 3 (Does anyone know the artist who made this originally so we can attribute?) via Cliff Pickover’s Reality Carnival
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Fractal Federation Façade.
A mathematical landmark in the heart of Melbourne.
Listen above, or to delve more deeply, read this:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/k11885r713151508/fulltext.pdf
