On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:11:32 -0400 Les Schaffer <schaffer at optonline.net>
writes:
> Chuck Grimes wrote:
> > Since D. can't see, he has no idea what Cubism means. I spent most
> of
> > the day describing what Cubism was, by using special relativity,
> > multiple positions, and no privilaged reference frame (no fixed
> > metric, either) as the way to describe what Cubist painting was
> trying
> > to do.
>
> Hey Chuck:
>
> have you read this?: "Einstein, Picasso: Space, Time, and the
> Beauty
> that Causes Havoc", by Arthur I Miller?
I have the book lying around some place. For that matter, I once took one of Professor Miller's seminars in the history of science, over thirty years ago.
Jim F.
>
> off to grade relativity homeworks ;-)
>
>
> Les
>
>
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