Musings of a Giraffe

jrandahlm:

1ucasvb:

The familiar trigonometric functions can be geometrically derived from a circle. But what if, instead of the circle, we used a regular polygon? In this animation, we see what the “polygonal sine” looks like for the square and the hexagon. The polygon is such that the inscribed circle has radius 1. (There’s a very neat reason for this.) Since these polygons are not perfectly symmetrical like the circle, the function will depend on the orientation of the polygon. More on this subject and derivations of the functions can be found in this other post

Now you can also listen to what these waves sound like

This technique is general for any polar curve. Here’s a heart’s sine function, for instance

MATH IS FUN

justinrampage:

An Illustrated Anatomical Guide To Popular Monsters by Brad McGinty

Animator, illustrator and comic book artist Brad McGinty has created an excellent illustrated anatomical series of popular film monsters, which were inspired by the 1967 book titled An Anatomical Guide to Monsters by writer Shoji Otomo and illustrator Shogo Endo.

Prints and shirts are currently available to purchase at Brad’s online shop.

Anatomical Illustrations by Brad McGinty (Tumblr) (Dribble) (Twitter)

via XombieDIRGE | Laughing Squid

NBD, JUST IF POKEMON WERE DINOS

jtotheizzoe:

toffany:

fibonacci nacho

The golden cheese ratio.

When I heard the learn’d astronomer;

When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me;

When I was shown the charts and the diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them;

When I, sitting, heard the astronomer, where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,

How soon, unaccountable, I became tired and sick;

Till rising and gliding out, I wander’d off by myself,

In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,

Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars.

- Walt Whitman

jtotheizzoe:

commie-pinko-liberal:

Neil deGrasse Tyson on how unrepresentative our representatives are

Tyson/Hanson 2020

(via tyleroakley)

Movie of floating flame space balls

Space is fucking awesome

No big deal, just FLOATING FLAME BALLS IN SPACE