Simon’s whiteboard
The whiteboard always reflects Simon’s current state of mind: On the left are Simon’s notes after reading Physics Girl’s blog about quarks (the colourful stuff is foam clay): Simon showed … Continue reading Simon’s whiteboard
Month: October 2018
Gelfond’s Constant
Simon spent two days testing out his new Texas TI-84 Plus CE-T calculator. I saw him play with Gelfond’s constant eπon the calculator: He looked up on Wikipedia that the decimal … Continue reading Gelfond’s Constant
Practicing Chinese calligraphy
Simon uses this book for his Mandarin lessons.
Building dinos and looking them up in the encyclopedia
Although Simon doesn’t have the Magformers Dinosaur Set, he does have all the pieces (he collects the set using the pieces from other sets). It’s great fun to be able … Continue reading Building dinos and looking them up in the encyclopedia
For the first time
During an extended family visit to the Hoge Veluwe natural reserve (where it rained the whole weekend so we barely ventured outside), Simon tried two things for the first time: … Continue reading For the first time
Bouncing Ball Chaotic System
Simon demonstrates chaotic systems using a bouncing ball that is being forced downward from some height.
Rational Approximations for Phi
“If I get the next two digits right, I’ll be ecstatic!” Simon says, as he hurries on with a φ (Phi) approximation algorithm using Fibonacci numbers. He keeps dividing every following … Continue reading Rational Approximations for Phi
Geeks out of the box 