We swim in a sea of symbols: acronyms, emojis, icons of all sorts, etc. As old Confucius declared, “Signs and symbols rule the world, not words or laws.” ...
During his remarks at the White House in July, President Trump patted himself on the back for pardoning online drug kingpin Ross Ulbricht. Trump stated, "It was like a symbol." Six more houses ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s notebook What is the purpose of a poem, an illustration or a nonsensical phrase in a score? If it makes musicians stop and think, that’s a ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Throughout composition, geometric ...
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, the great mathematician and pioneer of computer science and binary number calculations. © University of Massachusetts Lowell Binary ...
Diagrams have been central to scientific and technological development since methods to print them in mass quantities were invented. Yet in modern logic, the language of choice has been the symbolic ...
The game’s most devoted solvers have unlocked creativity and complexity in the classic logic game. By Elie Levine and Sam Corbin Sudoku is like any other logic puzzle, in that it relies on deductive ...
Optimizations in programming have mostly been associated with more efficient data structures or algorithms. Any optimization that uses hardware resources explicitly is generally considered premature, ...