11 Jun
2016
11 Jun
'16
3:21 p.m.
On 2016-06-11 12:03, Henry Baker wrote:
May I pass "Martin's Marbles" pix on to Philippe at block@arch.ethz.ch ?
Surely!
Do you have a reference to the eponymous "Martin" ? A bit of ribbing of Martin Gardner, who predicted gosper.org/3dsno.png would be "smooth as a marble" --rwg
At 07:30 PM 6/9/2016, Bill Gosper wrote:
I'm surprised they didn't use Martin's Marbles technology gosper.org/dodex.gif gosper.org/martinsmarbles.png which is indifferent to the sign of g. --rwg On 2016-06-08 16:02, Henry Baker wrote:
(Watch the 4.5 minute vimeo video using the link below to see the structure being built.)
Look ma, no mortar!
Dr. Philippe Block (no kidding!!) is from MIT.
http://www.wired.com/2016/06/compression-keeps-24-tons-stone-collapsing/