The Mathematical Beauty of Snowflakes
“There was a footpath leading across the fields to New Southgate, and I used to go there alone…
Design
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The Flower’s Song
The humble flower swaying free, Bent down in prayer as winds blow by. No glimpse of greed or…
Ebru or Water Marbling
After the “Sacred Word” was expressed in writing, it met with the refined taste in art. As a…
A Journey of Discovery
I first became interested in Ottoman women in the early 1990s when I read a newly published book…
Ottoman Women: Myth and Reality
Asli Sancar, born and raised in the United States of America, has been living in Istanbul for over…
Beyond Order: Optimality and Sub-Optimality in the Universe
This article deals with the feature of the universe known as “optimality.” It particularly deals with optimality in…
Lessons from Nature
Scientists are always trying to find more effective ways of making high performance materials with minimum consumption of…
Understanding The Order in Nature in a More Analytical Way
This article can be considered as a brief survey of the order in nature carried out through understanding…
Darwin’s Black Box
Over since the publication of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin in 1859, his theory of…
The Creation Process: An Engineer’s Perspective
Engineers are mainly responsible for the highly regarded inventions of the last centuries that have made our daily…
Ideal Schools of the Future
Physical setting Where the school is situated effects the quality of education it can provide. Ideally it should…
Factory of Future
Artificial Intelligence is a promising approach to automating process planning. Expert Systems or Intelligent Knowledge Based Systems are…
Birds and aeroplanes
Flying techniques depend on the principles of aerodynamics. Reducing air pressure and friction against body and wings requires…