Showing posts with label F. J. Craveiro de Carvalho. Show all posts
Showing posts with label F. J. Craveiro de Carvalho. Show all posts
Thursday, August 11, 2016

More from BRIDGES poets . . .

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     The 2016 BRIDGES Math-Arts Conference is currently taking place at the University of Jyväskylä in Jyväskylä, Finland.  Poets on this...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Algebra (sort of) in a short story

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  Tomorrow I head to Baltimore for the BRIDGES Math-Arts Conference. Explore the conference program at this link .  Would love to see you...
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Friday, March 13, 2015

Three Greguerías

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From Portugal, from Francisco -- who emailed me the gift of these lines: Three Greguerías   by Rámon Gómez de la Serna (1888-1963)   ...
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

The gift of a poem

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     In this holiday season of giving, sometimes the gifts are poems -- and sometimes mathy poems.  A few days ago, "Zero" by Robe...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Rhyme, beauty, and usefulness

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     For many years poetry was transmitted orally and rhymes were vital because they are easily remembered.  In recent years, however, free ...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Portrait of Max Dehn

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Today I offer a poem by Portuguese mathematician  F. J. Craveiro de Carvalho -- its initial English publication was in Topology Atlas , 2005...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Bridges in Coimbra

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     Newton's binomial is as beautiful as Venus de Milo.      What happens is that few people notice it.                 -- Fernando...
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Monday, May 30, 2011

Once a student of Euclid

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The Chair     by Charles Simic The chair was once a student of Euclid.
Saturday, October 23, 2010

"The Equation" by Owen Sheers

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This posting is brief to encourage you to have time to read  Owen Sheers ' fine poem several times and let it settle in and be part of y...