[FRIAM] Redefining the Kilogram - Scientific American

[George Duncan]

I am writing a book entitled "Breaking Barriers and Creating Order: The Art
of Mathematicians" which incorporates 36 of my art pieces.

George Duncan
Emeritus Professor of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
georgeduncanart.com
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My art theme: Dynamic exposition of the tension between matrix order and
luminous chaos.

"Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may
then be a valuable delusion."
>From "Notes to myself on beginning a painting" by Richard Diebenkorn.

"It's that knife-edge of uncertainty where we come alive to our truest
power." Joanna Macy.




On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 11:21 AM Tom Johnson <tom at jtjohnson.com> wrote:

> What book? How helpful?
>
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 10:35 AM George Duncan <gtduncan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Tom. This is interesting and helpful to my book.
>>
>> George Duncan
>> Emeritus Professor of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
>> georgeduncanart.com
>> See posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
>> Land: (505) 983-6895
>> Mobile: (505) 469-4671
>>
>> My art theme: Dynamic exposition of the tension between matrix order and
>> luminous chaos.
>>
>> "Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may
>> then be a valuable delusion."
>> From "Notes to myself on beginning a painting" by Richard Diebenkorn.
>>
>> "It's that knife-edge of uncertainty where we come alive to our truest
>> power." Joanna Macy.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 9:56 AM Tom Johnson <tom at jtjohnson.com> wrote:
>>
>>> https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/redefining-the-kilogram/
>>> Redefining the Kilogram
>>>
>>> Officials will vote to overhaul the SI system of measurements, basing
>>> units such as the kilogram not on physical objects but on fundamental
>>> constants
>>>
>>>
>>> TJ
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