Sunday, January 25, 2009

A SERENDIPITOUS MONOCHROMATIC IMAGE


What is this and why do all those dots look the same?

Why is it monochromatic - a single color?

And how can an image be serendipitous (to use Neil Shubin's favorite word)? Well, let me explain.

The image is serendipitous in that I found a magazine haphazardly laying about in Mr. Chabot's room last week (not to imply that Mr. Chabot's room is any less orderly than my own) and it opened itself to the article containing this image, and the one that follows. Doing a "quick read" of the article got me thinking about one of your student comments from last week. I realized I had struck gold.

As for the rest, read on, dear students, and comment on the FOLLOWING post.

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