Interesting Fact of the Week [June 17, 2013]

Blind people can also dream. Whether they dream in images or not depends on if they were born blind or not. People who become blind after their birth dream in images. People who were born blind have dreams equally vivid involving other senses of sound, smell, touch, and emotion.

Equation of the Week [June 17, 2013]

The Maxwell equations are a set of partial differential equations that form the foundation of classical electrodynamics. The differential forms are given below.




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The integral form, due to difficulty in typing in LaTex, is available here

Visual Art Piece of the Week [June 17, 2013]

Sandro Botticelli's Nascita di Venere (The Birth of Venus):

Classical Music Selection of the Week [June 17, 2013]

Rachmaninoff's Prelude in G minor op. 23 no. 5:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2GKgFZ_ioQ

Quote of the Week [June 17, 2013]

Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.
-Isaac Newton