It's About Time

Eclecticology is NOT Cosmology

Christopher Crawford

Introducing Eclecticology

Cosmology deals with great and important issues which have a broad impact on the whole human race–such as: the space-time continuum (Astrophysics), the supernatural universe (Metaphysics), economic and political science (Social-physics).
Meanwhile, over here in the corner, Eclecticology is having great fun:

Building triangles and pyramids with Binomial and Trinomial numbers
Exploring the 2- and 3-dimensional Shapes of Geometry
Solving geometric and numeric Puzzles of the Month
Trying to see what's really real in Optical Illusions
Studying the collision of Plate Tectonics with Japan's History
Learning all there is to know about Left-handedness
Having a good laugh at sarcastic Pictorial Political Humor

Contents of Eclecticology

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Crawford's Pyramid	2017 APR
My life-long quest for mathematical immortality. Along the way are Carl Friedrich Gauss, Blaise Pascal, Pascall's Triangle, and Binomial Expansion. But who will first decipher the secrets of Trinomial Expansion and build a Trinomial Pyramid?
~~Shapes of Geometry~~	gathering
All convex–2D: 6 quadra-laterals, 4 triangles, 2 mono-laterals (circle & ellipse), 1 each (pentagon, hexagon, octagon); 3D: 5 regular (Platonic), semi-regular (13 Archimedean + some Prisms & Anti-prisms), 92 Johnson solids + some near- miss Johnsons, some Geodesic & Goldberg polyhedra, 3 spheroids/ellipsoids
~~Puzzle of the Month~~	ready to go
Every month, a new puzzle. Geometric and numerical puzzles alternate. Geometric puzzles are about finding figures in an image. Numerical puzzles are two types: number series or arithmetic-operator (equation). Graphic solutions (geometric) or detailed explanations (numerical) for each and every puzzle.
~~Optical Illusions~~	gathering
Optical illusions are an allegory of life–you see what you expect. M.C. Escher was the dean of the school. The best practitioner today is Rob Gonsalves. There are six others I like. The rest make obscure junk. But I can't show any because of copyright rules. (Escher frees up in 2022.) So, see what I have come up with.
~~Japan's Off-Shore Islands~~	writing
Iconic volcano, Mr. Fuji, sits at the juncture of three tectonic plates. The collisions of these plates have created two island chains: Nanpō (south-east) and Nansei (south-west). After World War 2, the US stripped these islands from Japan. But ...
~~Left-handedness~~	planning
Lefties are most unusual–they are a very small part of society. The most important physiological difference is that Lefties have a thicker corpus callosum–the part of the brain that connects its left and right sides. Does that thickness help them live better in a right-hand world or is it thicker because they live in a right-hand world?
Military all set for Sequester	2015 MAY
A pictorial stroll down memory lane, before the Obama administration completely fades from memory in our rear-view mirrors. This is a humorous rendition of military preparedness under budget cuts engineered by an appeaser government.

This being the 4th section of the book, it should come as no surprise that it gets 4th priority. I would like to spend all my time here, but duty calls me elsewhere.

OK, but how does all this relate to It's About Time? Well, time is where it all began so many years ago, when I was but a callow youth. It was thinking about time that sparked a life-long study of Astrophysics and Metaphysics–empowering the birth of this web-site. Time runs through many articles–sometimes explicitly and sometimes discretely.

There are three other sections in our web book, namely:

Astrophysics tries to understand how the physical Universe works. Metaphysics includes philosophical matters which physics cannot address. Social-physics embraces human behavior–economic and political.
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