Thursday, January 3, 2008

What Have You Changed Your Mind About? Why?

Edge.org asks it's annual question. The 2008 question:
"What Have You Changed Your Mind About? Why?"
So far the response is huge. At the time of this post, they have already received 163 responses -- from Alan Alda to Anton Zeilinger.

Previous questions:
2007: What are you optimistic about? Why?
2006: What is your dangerous idea?
2005: What Do You Believe Is True Even Though You Can't Prove It?"
More here.

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Möbius Transformations Revealed

"A short film depicting the beauty of Moebius Transformations in mathematics. The movie shows how moving to a higher dimension can make the transformations easier to understand."