I love this building and its big gate (for a Wednesday Doorway, I'm stretching things a bit again). It is the birthplace of Jules-Antoine Lissajous a mathematician (1822-1880). You'll have to follow the link to find out what he invented, I am so bad at maths that I can't even summarise it!J'aime beaucoup cet immeuble (et son portail) où est né Jules-Antoine Lissajous (1822-1880), un mathématicien. Pour savoir ce qu'il a inventé, va falloir cliquer sur le lien parce que je suis tellement nulle en maths que je suis incapable de résumer...
Lovely spot of light you've caught. I'm with you on the math thing :{
ReplyDeleteIn solch einem Haus kann auch nur Klassik wohnen. Beeindruckend seine Kurven.
ReplyDeleteEinen guten Mittwoch dir.
sur ce batiment, c'est surtout la grille du balcon que je trouve pas mal.
ReplyDeleteThe gate and building are fabulous!
ReplyDeleteYou've made my geek day, thanks! I remember studying Lissajous curves on oscilloscopes in college. Wikipedia has a nice simulation at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lissajous_curve
Some are quite psychedelic, which made them popular back in the, ahem, 70's.
Now that's my kind of house!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I tried to go to the link but the site is blocking everything in protest presently. I think I will boycott W from now on.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful lights on this historical find !
ReplyDeleteI tried the link thinking that you had inspired me to learn something about mathematics, but Wikipedia is dark for 24 hours in protest of some legislation in the U.S. Congress.
ReplyDeleteI do not resent Wikipedia doing a protest. It is a good way to make people aware of their cause. For 24 hours, if we need to know something, there are other sources on the internet. Or we could (but probably won't) go to a library and read an encyclopedia like we used to do when I was in school.
C'est pas compliqué : il a inventé le voyage dans le temps.
ReplyDeletePareil pour les maths et moi! donc je me contente d'admirer l'architecture! mais j'aimerais bien voir les apparts dedans, ça doit être beau et gigantesque!
ReplyDeletec'eest l'inventeur du télégraphe optique en ballon remplacé depuis peu par I Phone 4S
ReplyDeleteThere's a door there Ciel I see it!! I agree, it is a lovely building, especially in that soft light. I too tried Wiki to no avail, will try another means to find out about M. Lissajous!
ReplyDeleteI can't remember what kind of waves/curves he discovered and Wikipedia won't help today.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous building and light. It's elegance shines through. I'm really good at math: 2 X 2 + X = Y - 6. Huh?
ReplyDeleteOr, as my math teacher said in disgust, "Go figure!"
I can see why you like the building. The light here is perfect too. It has a shimmery look!
ReplyDeleteThe light is gorgeous on the building - warm and wonderful.
ReplyDeleteWonderful to see..
ReplyDeleteIt is a handsome house, caught in wonderful light. It is too late in life for me to make any good use of knowing about Mr. L's curves.
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful!
ReplyDeleteGreat capture. The gate itself is beautiful but the light and dark you captures makes it perfect.
ReplyDeleteDarryl and Ruth :)