England-2011-random-items

Random Items

This is a collection of (possibly somewhat) related things, places, people, concepts, etc. that came-up during class or an excursion.

Camera Obscura - Possibly used by Vermeer.

• BBC article
• Camera Obscura description (Wikipedia)

Drake's Equation - For estimating the number of detectable extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy.

• Drake's Equation (Wikipedia)

Museum Funding - in America, with visitor statistics.

• The American Association of Museums FAQ

Fibonacci Sequence - 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ...

• Fibonacci sequence (Wikipedia).
• There is a very nice bit done by the BBC on the Fibonacci sequence here.