Outsider architects
Watts Towers, (yes, that Watts) built by an Italian immigrant (to the USA). In Europe, same weirdness appears: 1879 – 1912 33 years of struggle 10 000 days 93 000 hours Ferdinand Cheval was a French postman, who built “Le…
Penrose: end-of-level math boss, or raving weirdo?
Roger Penrose, math rockstar, who later in life began to write longer and longer works. In new areas. Ever read any of his stuff? I never did. I did read Neal Stephenson’s Anathem, and the plot contains tiling problems, quite…
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