Archive for Peter’s interests

Peter’s “neat words” list, part 1

Kam rescued a bunch of files from the hard drive from Peter’s computer. Most of them are either mundane (mostly syllabi for the classes he taught) or not suitable for public display (private letters). But two of the files are titled “peters neat words” and “peters neat words 2”; they consist entirely of lists of […]

Calculators

I posted this back in 2005, in an entry in my main blog, but I think it’s worth reposting here. One of the few things other than papers and photos that I brought home with me after that first week was Peter’s slide rule. I always wanted that slide rule when I was a kid. […]

Strangely Attracted To Chaos

Brother Peter was fascinated by: Chaos Theory,     Fractals,     M. C. Escher,     Op Art,     Möbius strips,     Kline bottles,     Tessellations,     Penrose Tiling,     and     Puzzles,     don’t you think? BTW, I found this unattributed limerick on the internet… "A […]