The best diagram in the world.

[kaitou]

So I not only watch a lot of odd nonfiction TV, I also read a lot of odd nonfiction books. I was reading Stephen Ray Gould's "Full House," which is an interesting book about evolution and baseball. I skipped the baseball chapters altogether but the evolution bits were interesting. And he talks a lot about the Drunkard's Walk. Which is like a mathematical way of saying 'you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.' And that if you start at a fixed point, and move randomly...you'll end up somewhere.

This resulted in the best diagram in the history of nonfiction ever.

Comments

[stormgren.livejournal.com]

*groan*

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

I know! I couldn't believe they actually drew it and put it in a book. How did that make it all the way to publicaiton?

[twigcollins.livejournal.com]

*ded*

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

Sue icon makes me happy every time I see it.

[m-steelgrave.livejournal.com]

Now this is my kind of math.

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

Amen. Any math where you end up drunk in a gutter...wait, that's how I feel after attempting any math.