Do Numbers Have Meaning?
Submitted by AM on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 20:24
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125668948820711987.html?mod=djemnumbers
Is a very interesting article, I really liked:
"The idea that numbers are somehow pure and immune to superstitious thinking, because they're somehow more 'objective' than words, doesn't take into account the fact that every concept exists (in our minds) in an interconnected tapestry of emotionally and culturally charged signifiers," Golan Levin, designer of the interactive project The Secret Lives of Numbers, which tracks the popularity of every whole number between one and one million
http://www.turbulence.org/Wor
http://www.turbulence.org/Works/nums/applet.html is a visual appealing, but not really functional application.
According to
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golan_Levin his "The Secret Lives of Numbers" came out in (2002) and is "an interactive information visualization about the "popularity" of numbers on the World Wide Web". It was granted an Award of Distinction in the Prix Ars Electronica (Net Art category).
I personally like Fibonacci numbers. which lead to the Golden Spiral