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squaring the circle |
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squaring the circle: see geometric problems of antiquity geometric problems of antiquity, three famous problems involving elementary geometric constructions with straight edge and compass, conjectured by the ancient Greeks to be impossible but not proved to be so until modern times. ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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There's some great old footage and interviews with people like Bob Geldoff and Chrissie Hynde, and the film was made by a Mormon so it covers that angle pretty heavily, which makes it somewhat bizarre (the notable absence of swearing throughout, for example, or the attempt to square the circle of a cross-dressing, drug-gobbling rock star with his new faith-filled white-bread persona), but a good flick nonetheless. Indeed, it was left to those who don't - or didn't - fancy Berlioz to square the circle, to reconcile the awe engendered by this performance with the frustration one often feels encountering Berlioz's densely textured, expansive scores. The passage that most impressed Smith in On Growth and Form is Thompson's discussion of "close-packing," with its brilliant exposition of the bee's hexagon as a space-saving device, a product of natural forces striving to square the circle, so to speak (having to grow within a limited surface, circular cells will of necessity become hexagonal because this represents the maximal possibility of expansion). |
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