Dead Reckonings

"Civilisation loses its treasures by an unconscious process. It has lost them before it has appreciated that they were in the way of being lost; and when I say 'its treasures' I mean the special discoveries and crafts of mankind."

            Hilaire Belloc (1940)

This journal attempts to capture in brief essays my encounters with the technically elegant but nearly forgotten in the mathematical sciences--artistically creative works that can take our breath away with their brilliance. Please click on the About link above for more details.

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-- Ron Doerfler  

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December 31, 2009: My 2010 calendar project is now finished and posted. I really do have to finish an essay I started a long time ago on Lallemand's "L'Abaque Triomphe", a hexagonal chart from 1885 that is featured as the February calendar pin-up. But first another nomography article will make its appearance here in late January. --- Ron