[Performance review] Carl Djerassi, Calculus

Review of a semi-staged performance of Calculus by Carl Djerassi at the Royal Institution, London on 30 September 2002.

[Exhibition review] Keith Tyson at Tate Britain

This is a review of an exhibition of the work of the twenty-first century artist, Keith Tyson, who specializes in mathematics. He was short-listed for the Turner Prize and his work is included in the exhibition of nominated artists' work at Tate Britain. [Keith Tyson was announced as the winner of the 2002 Turner prize on 8 December 2002.]

[Performance review] Philip Glass, Galileo Galilei

Review of the European premiere of the opera Galileo Galilei by Philip Glass performed at The Goodman Theatre, Barbican Centre, London in November 2002.

[Crossword] Solution to crossword "Not"

Tony Mann provides the solution to the crossword "Not" under the pseudonym of Parsman.

A framework for historical case-based reasoning

This paper presents a framework for Historical Case-Based Reasoning (HCBR) which allows the expression of both relative and absolute temporal knowledge, representing case histories in the real world. The formalism is founded on a general temporal theory that accommodates both points and intervals as primitive time elements. A case history is formally defined as a collection of (time-independent) elemental cases, together with its corresponding temporal reference. Case history matching is two-fold, i.e., there are two similarity values need to be computed: the non-temporal similarity degree and the temporal similarity degree. On the one hand, based on elemental case matching, the non-temporal similarity degree between case histories is defined by means of computing the unions and intersections of the involved elemental cases. On the other hand, by means of the graphical presentation of temporal references, the temporal similarity degree in case history matching is transformed into conventional graph similarity measurement.

[Recording review] Paul Hindemith, Die Harmonie der Welt, soloists, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, conductor Marek Janowski

Tony Mann provides a review of the recording: Paul Hindemith, Die Harmonie der Welt [opera], soloists, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, conductor Marek Janowski. Wergo 6652-2 (160 minutes, 3CDs priced as two)

[Book review] Theory of Games and Economic Behaviour

Tony Mann provides a review of the book: Theory of Games and Economic Behavior, John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern, Princeton University Press, 1944.

[Screenplay review] Tom Stoppard's "Galileo"

Screenplay review of: Tom Stoppard's "Galileo": the full-text of his unpublished screenplay, Areté 11 (Spring/Summer 2003)

[Book review] Barry Mazur, Imagining Numbers: (Particularly the Square Root of Minus Fifteen)

Tony Mann provides a review of the book: Barry Mazur, Imagining Numbers: (Particularly the Square Root of Minus Fifteen), London: Allen Lane, 2003, ISBN: 0713996307

[Recording review] William Herschel, Symphonies Nos. 2, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17

Tony Mann provides a review of the recording: William Herschel, Symphonies Nos. 2, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, soloists, London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert, Chandos 10048, 2003, (68 mins). [CD]

[Crossword] 1ac 5ac by Parsman

Tony Mann compiled this crossword under the pseudonym of Parsman.

[Crossword] Crossword solution - by Parsman

Tony Mann provides the crossword solution under the pseudonym of Parsman.

EMPHASIS

Report on EMPHASIS Seminar Series by Tony Mann

[Book review] Reviews. Peter Aughton, The Transit of Venus: The Brief, Brilliant Life of Jeremiah Horrocks, Father of British Astronomy, Orion, 2004

Book review of: Peter Aughton, The Transit of Venus: The Brief, Brilliant Life of Jeremiah Horrocks, Father of British Astronomy, Orion, 2004, 0-297-84721-x, £18.99.

[Book review] Owen Gingerich, The Book Nobody Read: In Pursuit of the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus, Heinemann, 2004

Tony Mann reviews: Owen Gingerich, The Book Nobody Read: In Pursuit of the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus, Heinemann, 2004, 0-434-01315-3, £12.99.