Comments on: Collections! http://asymptotia.com/2009/09/20/collections/ Fri, 24 May 2013 15:41:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2009/09/20/collections/comment-page-1/#comment-135642 Clifford Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:01:32 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/?p=4792#comment-135642 Yes, this and related things was part of the discussion.

Thanks.

-cvj

]]> By: Plato http://asymptotia.com/2009/09/20/collections/comment-page-1/#comment-135641 Plato Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:30:09 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/?p=4792#comment-135641 This article you wrote brought up familiarity with something I had seen previous in regard to perspectives in geometry that revealed historical interest culminating and moving forward in “renewed interest” in our time now.

In the past, new scientific discoveries, strange finds, and striking pieces of original artwork were greeted with awe and wonder. It became popular during the Renaissance to build a “cabinet of curiosities” to display a private collection of art and natural objects of which the owner was extremely proud. These groups of objects were at first housed in an actual cabinet or ornate piece of furniture, known as Wunderkammern or Wunderkabinetts. They are simultaneously pieces of furniture and the collections of items within them.See:The Cabinet of Curiosities

I thought you might find this interesting in relation to what you were doing.

Best,

]]> By: Supernova http://asymptotia.com/2009/09/20/collections/comment-page-1/#comment-135371 Supernova Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:47:19 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/?p=4792#comment-135371 this is probably as close as we will ever come to the real thing given that it is now gone from the planet…

Well, I am one of those who still clings to the hope there are a few ivory-bills left in the deep forests of Cuba…

As one who loves animals and birds of all sorts, it’s often difficult for me to see them “collected” in this way, but I’m happy to know that these specimens continue to yield important information that can help us learn more about the living ones.

]]>