
Gravitational Attraction
What would happen if two people out in space a few meters apart, abandoned by their spacecraft, decided to wait until gravity pulled them together? My initial thought was that …
In #math
I was helping my daughter with geometry the other day and this cute theorem popped up in the examples. For some reason I don't recall ever seeing it before, and it struck me as somehow particularly elegant. I have used (many times) the specific - more limited version with isosceles triangles - but to see the generalization was just neat.
It makes me wonder also why I find enjoyment in something this simple and technical.