Universal Paradox by Sandra DeLozier Coleman
One gigantic set made of all that there is
Boggles the mind with paradoxes.
For it is greater than all, but smaller than this —
The set which consists of the subsets of it.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Against Intuition
One of my favorite poets (mentioned previously for her poem, "Pi" in my September 6 posting) is the Polish Nobelist (1996) Wislawa Szymborska. Her language is apt and spare, her thoughts are wise, and her gentle humor is frequent.
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Baranczak,
Cavanagh,
counter-intuitive,
David Hilbert,
infinite,
Janet Lewis,
mathematics,
paradox,
poetry,
set,
Wislawa Szymborska
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