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  • April 2008

    • She Painted Bolero

      New York Times  |  Apr 8, 08 11:14 AM CDT

      She Painted Bolero

      (Newser) - Struck down by a degenerative brain disease, mathematician and scientist Anne Adams lost much of her ability to do even simple scientific tasks. But the disease also unleashed a fierce artistic creativity, as her brain rewired itself to compensate for the damage. Among her work is a painting that represents 340 bars of Ravel's "Bolero," accurately reflecting the composer's musical structure in visual form, the New York Times reports. More »

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  • March 2008

    • Celebrate π, It's 3/14!

      The Daily Princetonian  |  Mar 14, 08 2:00 PM CDT

      Celebrate π, It's 3/14!

      (Newser) - Math lovers, rejoice, for today is Pi Day, celebrated in classrooms around the country—preferably at 1:59, which, on 3/14, nearly matches 3.14159, the famed irrational number’s first six digits. “What’s fun about pi is that everyone knows the number,” a math professor tells the Daily Princetonian . “People feel they have an appreciation for what it means.” More »

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