To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
--William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
the roots of infinity as a symbol used in mathematics are often traced back to
John Wallis in 1655, and
Bernoulli in 1694although the truth is that there's an even deeper
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...and that's saying a lot!
i was actually most fond of the black arts diary article on the leminscate
then, i realized that i was trapped in an endlessly recursive cycle of researching infinity...
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but i suspect it will probably be more like "go" than "requiem for a dream"
the official site seems comprehensive
...but the fansite is completely insane!
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If you can remember and find it again I would love to read the bit you read on the Estruscans and the use of CD.
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however, i did find a voluminous site on The Mysterious Etruscans...
and while artlex has some decent images of etruscan art, many of their links to the louvre are broken; so, here is a working one:
Art étrusque (du IXe au Ier siècles avant J.-C.)
i found some images of wave & spiral patterns used on etruscan rings that are highly suggestive of infinity, also...
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http://jeromepierre.com/larsen/
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