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DAMN, THAT'S COOL! (Help a fellow geek)

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From: Louis Hom
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 00:00
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So, I'm trying to collect posters' favorite Things in Math & Science.
	For example, one of my favorite things is the solid that you get
when you rotate y=1/(log x) about the x-axis -- it has finite volume but an
infinite surface.  So if you had a container that shape, you could fill it
up with some finite quantity of paint, but it would never be enough to
actually paint the surface of the thing.
	My interest in starting this collection grew out of a desire to
write something about the Math/Science Aesthetic and realizing that I
didn't have a lot of interesting examples readily at hand.  I don't know if
I will ever write such an essay, but I think it would be fun to gather some
examples at least.  Maybe I'll archive them on my web page or something.
	Anyway, thanks for reading, and thanks for helping out. 
-- 
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Lou Hom >K '93	
lhom@nature.berkeley.edu  
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~lhom	 
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From: lhom@nature.berkeley.edu (Louis Hom)
Subject: DAMN, THAT'S COOL! (Help a fellow geek)
Date: 1997/01/29
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