In Bubbles, She Sees a Mathematical Universe (nytimes.com)

It looks a bit like a joint that Japanese carpenters will use to make a joint stable without any nails or fasteners.

She doesn't look disheveled to me. Are you sure you aren't just doing the predicable? Using stereotypes to talk about mathematicians and commenting on women's "looks" before ever getting to what is important? Waste of words. If you want us to know her, maybe something about her other interests instead of what you think of wearing Birkenstocks. My 17 year old wears Birkenstocks. They are hot right now.

Since I first saw the bubble as minimization encoding material I've been willing to learn about it. I also find it very inspiring for any non trivial computing problem where you can't really attack it linearly, and divide-and-conquer feels like a short version of bubble.

Quote from story: "In drawing, you try to capture both the large scale (the expanse of the forest) and the small scale (the grasses and flowers). “In mathematics, there is very much the same thing,” she said. “The hardest part with both is fitting the two scales together. You need the right tools.” " As a drawer I have been looking for a solution with how to do this because we experience both scales simultaneously when seeing the world. Thanks very much for providing this story this morning.