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The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Paul Morris: Surfer Math
Filed under: The Catbird Seat: Friends & Guests Tagged: Benjamin Wallace-Wells, cartoons, comics, design, Garrett Lisi, mathematics, The Wavy Rule
Paul explains today’s brainy “Wavy Rule” (click to enlarge):
In the July 21 issue of The New Yorker, Benjamin Wallace-Wells wrote about roaming physicist-surfer Garrett Lisi, the author of “An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything.” The fantasy of someone coming out of the woodwork (or the surfshop) to announce the fact that they’ve figured out all of the secrets of the universe remains very much alive—which inspired this cartoon. Oh, and graphic design students are all mad as snakes.
More by Paul Morris: Our very own upside-down question-mark naming contest! Plus, “The Wavy Rule” archive; a very funny webcomic, “Arnjuice”; a motley Flickr page; various beautifully off-kilter cartoon collections for sale and free download at Lulu.
