Things the Professor Might Like

myjetpack:

My new book of cartoons “You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack” is out now. Details are here.

My new book of cartoons “You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack” is out now. Details are here.

Posted on May 20, 2013 via YOU'RE ALL JUST JEALOUS OF MY JETPACK with 1,030 notes

$crookedindifference: First Solar Eclipse Photograph Berkowski made the first solar eclipse photograph on July 28, 1851, also using the daguerrotype process, at the Royal Observatory in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kalinigrad in Russia). Berkowski, a local daguerrotypist whose first name was never published, observed at the Royal Observatory. A small 6-cm refracting telescope was attached to the 15.8-cm Fraunhofer heliometer and a 84-second exposure was taken shortly after the beginning of totality.$

crookedindifference:

First Solar Eclipse Photograph

Berkowski made the first solar eclipse photograph on July 28, 1851, also using the daguerrotype process, at the Royal Observatory in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kalinigrad in Russia). Berkowski, a local daguerrotypist whose first name was never published, observed at the Royal Observatory. A small 6-cm refracting telescope was attached to the 15.8-cm Fraunhofer heliometer and a 84-second exposure was taken shortly after the beginning of totality.

(via proofmathisbeautiful)

Posted on May 15, 2013 via crooked indifference with 1,223 notes

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990000:

How many people do you know who can construct perfect polygons like a square, pentagon, or heptagon using only a compass and straightedge?

Broug Ateliers: Islamic Geometric Design: Learn: Polygons

How to draw a square with just a compass and a ruler
How to draw a pentagon with just a compass and a ruler
How to draw a heptagon with just a compass and a ruler

Tagged: geometry

Posted on April 30, 2013 via 990000 with 37 notes

cutlerish:

Don’t forget the time you spend finding the chart to look up what you save. And the time spent reading this reminder about the time spent. And the time trying to figure out if either of those actually make sense. Remember, every second counts toward your life total, including these right now.

Posted on April 29, 2013 via Seemed like a good idea... with 215 notes

juniorvandepoel:

Fluxus Sample

St lucas Antwerp 2013

Tagged: MORE EAT LESS ART

Posted on April 27, 2013 via /Junior/ with 2,241 notes

fuckyeahbookarts:

Book Cover Collages by Hollie Chastain

Tagged: peeking

Posted on April 23, 2013 via Fuck Yeah, Book Arts! with 363 notes

arsvitaest:

“Morgentoilet”

Author: Jean-Frédéric Schall (French, 1752-1825)
Date: ca. 1780-1820
Medium: Oil on panel
Location: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Tagged: bottoms

Posted on April 18, 2013 via Arsvitaest with 14 notes

gingerhaze:

inspired by yesterday’s “His and Hers” mugs post