http://blog.isallaboutmath.com/2008/09/16/the-princeton-companion-to-mathematics/ illuminating your mind Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.isallaboutmath.com/2008/09/16/the-princeton-companion-to-mathematics/#comment-267 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:24:40 +0000 http://isallaboutmath.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-267 [...] blog. Dmitry Vostokov recommends the PCM for people wanting a broad overview of mathematics. Isallaboutmath points out that the Nautilus shell on the cover does not in fact have anything to do with the [...]

]]> http://blog.isallaboutmath.com/2008/09/16/the-princeton-companion-to-mathematics/#comment-242 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:44:14 +0000 http://isallaboutmath.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-242 Well, maybe my assumption was incorrect.
In that case I apologize.

]]> http://blog.isallaboutmath.com/2008/09/16/the-princeton-companion-to-mathematics/#comment-241 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:31:17 +0000 http://isallaboutmath.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-241 Why would you assume the image was placed there to exhibit something about the golden mean particularly, as opposed to simply a logarithmic spiral and its self-similarity as manifested in nature?

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