a Manhattan museum that makes math fun.
Still thinking about complex and imaginary numbers (see Sue VanHattum's poem in the December 16 posting), I want to offer a couple of stanzas by Paul Hartal -- selected from "Voyage around the Square Root of Minus 1" -- stanzas that are part of a lengthy consideration of connections between the arts and the sciences. I do not always agree with Hartal's viewpoints -- but they are interesting to consider.
from Voyage around the Square Root of Minus One by Paul Hartal
. . . Mathematical equations are embedded
with mysterious forces
and their uncanny power transcends
the cognitive faculties of the human mind.