Comments on: Spinning…

By: Xanda

Xanda — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:51:36 +0000

Epitaph of Jacob Bernoulli.

The spiral at the bottom is an Archimedian spiral rather than a logarithmic spiral as Bernoulli would’ve liked.

By: mankuTimma

mankuTimma — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:19:46 +0000

Jacob Bernoulli’s epitaph.
At the bottom what we see is Archimedean spiral,whereas the intention was to engrave a logarithmic spiral.

By: Mo

Mo — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:47:17 +0000

Jacob Bernoulli’s. “Bernoulli called the logarithmic spiral Spira mirabilis, “the marvelous spiral”, and wanted one engraved on his headstone. Unfortunately, an Archimedean spiral was placed there instead” – from Wikiquote.

By: lanu

lanu — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:41:10 +0000

Jacobus Bernoulli

By: Raghuvansh

Raghuvansh — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:31:16 +0000

Jakob Bernoulli.

He wanted a logarithmic spiral on his epitaph but they put an Archimedean spiral there instead.

By: Bharath

Bharath — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:28:54 +0000

Jacob Bernoulli

By: sumo_ftb

sumo_ftb — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:02:50 +0000

jacob bernoulli & d famous logarithmic-archimedial spiral goof-up

By: sandesh

sandesh — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:14:00 +0000

they placed arithmetic spiral instead of logarithmic spiral.
Bernoulli asked for log spiral

By: Vishnu

Vishnu — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:20:34 +0000

Jacob Bernoulli…
Bernoulli chose a figure of a logarithmic spiral and the motto Eadem mutata resurgo (“Changed and yet the same, I rise again”) for his gravestone; the spiral executed by the stonemasons was, however, an Archimedean spiral

By: madhur

madhur — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:05:32 +0000

Jacob Bernoulli