Escher for Real

The work of M.C. Escher needs no introduction. We have all learned to appreciate the impossibilities that this master of illusion's artwork presents to the layman's eye. Nevertheless, it may come as a surprise for some, but many of the so-called 'impossible' drawings of M. C. You are also invited to watch our movie: "Escher for Real" and "Impossibly Real". "Escher for Real" "Impossibly Real" Convention In the following sequences, figures are frequently presented in pairs. The Penrose Triangle We start with the Penrose triangle object (also independently invented by Oscar Reutersvard). The Penrose Rectangle The impossible shape conveyed by the Penrose triangle is the most well-known one. The Penrose Pentagon Similarly and following the construction of a Penrose triangle and Penrose rectangle, one can easily create an arbitrary Penrose n-gon. The Penrose Triangle II Here we present another way to simulate and realize geometry that looks like the Penrose triangle from a certain view. All M.C.

An Essay by Einstein -- The World As I See It "How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people -- first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy. A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving... "I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves -- this critical basis I call the ideal of a pigsty. The ideals that have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. "My political ideal is democracy.

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