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Why are there triangles in buildings and bridges?

Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: October 7, 2010

When you look around at the geometry of the built environment – buildings and bridges, among other structures – you see quite a few triangles:         Why is this? What is it about triangles that we see them in built structures? Do they look pretty, and are there for ornamentation? Are the […]

When academic textbook prices drop to $0.00 what will publishers do?

Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: October 6, 2010

Technology is like a universal acid to societal norms – it eats away away at all existing structures and modes of operation. People have lost jobs because technology has put them out of work, just as technology has created new jobs for others. Work, business and education are in high states of flux as more […]