Happy B’day Srinivasa Ramanujan

The great Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920) was born on this day 135 years ago. He was a genius who taught himself advanced mathematics and did in a short life span of 32 years some great work which went on to become foundation of many ground breaking inventions and discoveries which we experience and use... Continue Reading →

What’s Your $5 Distraction?

The Stanford professor Tina Seelig divided the class into several teams and gave $5 to each team. The goal was to make as much money as possible within 2 hours and then give a 3 minute presentation to the entire class. While some teams used the $5 and 2 hours in traditional ways like buying... Continue Reading →

Pendulum

"To and fro the pendulum throws…We are here and then we goMy shadow left me long ago Understand what we don't knowThis might passThis might lastThis may growEasy come and easy go" "The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong." — Carl Jung

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