Continuous function
draw it without
picking up pencil
from paper.
At all points,
the left hand limit
the same as
the right hand limit,
the same as
the value of the function
at the point.
At all points
its value
what it should be.
Math Poettary #3
Book Review by Tejasi Bhatnagar
BOOK REVIEW: GET SMART! MATHS CONCEPTS
DAILY BARD RATING: 4.5 STARS
Maths Concepts is a book written by Dr. Gaurav Bhatnagar for classes 6th to 8th. The interesting part of this book is that it has jokes and conversations related to maths. A child who gets 60% in maths may get above 90% after reading this book. It contains interesting problems which may look easy but are difficult to solve. It even teaches the ten important ways to do well in mathematics.
FULL DISCLOSURE
Tejasi is the author's daughter. This telegraphic book review was written for a school assignment to write a newspaper (which she named THE DAILY BARD). A character named Tejasi has also featured as one of the many kids having the 'conversations' mentioned in Tejasi's review. This fact may have influenced her interest in the book.
No-x-in-Nixon
No-x-in-Nixon
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
NO X IN NIXON
A palindrome
but False.
NO X IN NIXON
sides reversed is
NO X IN NIXON
Truly
a longer palindrome.
sides reversed is
sides reversed is
sides reversed is
(repeated ad infinitum)
truly
the longest
palindrome.
GB #22
Sense-non-Sense
Sense-Non-Sense
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
Image in
No Og
de Nash,
No Jabber
wock soever.
No pun
ya at all.
No Ji,
No Bee,
No ambi,
just potty.
Life sans
non-sense,
makes no sense:
It is
like this sentence.
Meaning less,
or none at all.
Or like this one.
Not funny;
no fun at all.
GB #21
Love
Love
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
Fools marry the girl they love,
Wise men love the girl they marry,
goes an old dictum.
Love turns
most of us
backwards --
into a fool.
Eventually,
all turn wise.
GB #20
Play
Play
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
"Come back soon from play,
and finish your work"
is what you hear.
Until work becomes work,
and play, play.
Play hard enough,
and play becomes work.
But, work hard enough,
and work becomes play.
And if you look hard enough,
PLAY becomes LEARN.
Now you don't need,
to hurry back from play.
GB #19
Discover
Discover
Ambigram by punyamishra
The scientific training,
teaches how to discover.
The artistic training
teaches how to uncover.
The mathematician uncovers,
only to discover --
new things to uncover.
GB #18 (Also Math Poettary)
Isosceles Triangle
looks in the mirror,
and finds itself un-reversed.
"My base angles are equal,"
it says.
Math Poettary #2
Darpan (rotates to mirror)
Darpan (rotates to mirror)
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
When you read something in Hindi,
do you turn it around in your mind,
and think it through in English?
When you speak in English,
do you think it through in Hindi,
and turn it around in your mind?
Does your mind let you see
what you really are,
when you look in the mirror?
GB #17
Blogger
Blogger
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
I may not write very well
but still,
I do write.
I may be confused,
but still,
I do express myself.
I may not have much to say,
but still,
I do say it.
I may not think too deeply,
but still,
I do think.
I am
a Blogger.
GB #16
Ali
Ali
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
Ali said to himself:
"I'm the Greatest".
And for many,
he was
The Greatest
What do you
tell yourself?
GB #15
Visual Wordplay
Visual Wordplay
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
A picture, they say,
is worth a thousand words.
Then what about words,
that are also pictures?
What about
Visual wordplay?
GB#14
Anand (reflection)
Anand (reflection)
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
Anand.
Simple,
humble,
down-to-earth,
impassive.
A nice guy.
Aggressive.
Listens to
his opponent's
breathing,
to read
their mind.
And works his own
with lightening speed.
Anand,
chess champion.
GB #13
How to buy the book
Delhi: Variety Book Depot – 23412567 / Mr.John
Chennai: India Book Distributors – 044 28353173 / Vinay Anchan
Desh kumar (Penguin Rep) - 9789087712
Mumbai: Strand Mumbai - 022-22086109 / Madhu
Ketan Patel (Penguin Rep) - 9867189490
For online book store you can go to www.firstandsecond.com
Smita
Smita
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
P-Smita,
A love story.
Psmita,
listened patiently,
to every story
through the night.
While the Other
dropped off.
Psmita,
flipped P over,
for ever
and ever.
Psmita,
continues to
listen patiently --
even though
this P
is never silent.
Gb #12
Good-Evil
Good-Evil
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
Good and Evil,
black and white.
One cannot exist
without the other.
When you remove
the evil,
is good
left-over?
GB # 11
Madam-i'm-Adam
Madam-i'm-Adam
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
Madam I'm Adam.
Could be the first
sentence ever spoken,
the first
palindrome.
It reads the same
front to back
and back to front.
Flip it over,
and still,
its the same.
First ever sentence,
an ambigram.
GB #10
Teach-Learn
Teach-Learn
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
We are here
to teach what we learn,
and to learn what we teach.
We are here
to learn when we teach,
and teach when we learn.
to give what we have,
and take what we can.
GB #9
Teach-Learn (all mixed up)
Teach-Learn (all mixed up)
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
Some say that
one teaches best,
what one needs to learn
the most.
Teach-Learn
Two sides
of the same coin?
Or are they,
one and the same?
GB #8
Ambigram Poettery
I call it poettery, because it is the product of my pottering around the poetry format. Really, its not poetry in the sense of the word-- can't really say I don't really understand the sense of the word.
Ambigrams, though, are something that are really interesting, and people interested in math are likely to like them.
You can read Punya's flattered introduction to ambi-poettary here.