Alain Goriely
@alaingoriely.bsky.social
Professor of Mathematical Modelling at Oxford University
and Gresham Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London
and Gresham Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London
Great clip!
Now I will have to go and read the Lighthill report on AI.
Now I will have to go and read the Lighthill report on AI.
November 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Great clip!
Now I will have to go and read the Lighthill report on AI.
Now I will have to go and read the Lighthill report on AI.
Reposted by Alain Goriely
Now published in Phys. Rev. E
doi.org/10.1103/5l56...
doi.org/10.1103/5l56...
Modeling bulk mechanical effects in a planar cellular monolayer
We use a three-dimensional formulation of the cell vertex model to describe the mechanical properties of a confluent planar monolayer of prismatic cells. Treating cell height as a degree of freedom, w...
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Now published in Phys. Rev. E
doi.org/10.1103/5l56...
doi.org/10.1103/5l56...
Reposted by Alain Goriely
Before then, I'm chairing two excellent @greshamcollege.bsky.social lectures this week - 'Music of Animals' with the awesome Milky Mermikides (www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/mus...) and then @helenczerski.bsky.social on Oceans (www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/liq...). Both free to attend or watch online.
Music of Animals
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October 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Before then, I'm chairing two excellent @greshamcollege.bsky.social lectures this week - 'Music of Animals' with the awesome Milky Mermikides (www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/mus...) and then @helenczerski.bsky.social on Oceans (www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/liq...). Both free to attend or watch online.
Read my papers, look at buildings around you, use your critical sense, and decide for yourself it the myth makes sense. [n/n]
arxiv.org/abs/2510.16831
arxiv.org/abs/2510.16831
The illusion of illusions: There are no optical corrections in the Parthenon
One of the oldest and most enduring myths in human history is the belief that the Parthenon was cleverly designed with various curved structures and sizes in order to correct optical illusions, and th...
arxiv.org
October 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Read my papers, look at buildings around you, use your critical sense, and decide for yourself it the myth makes sense. [n/n]
arxiv.org/abs/2510.16831
arxiv.org/abs/2510.16831
Historically, it was proposed by Vitruvius, 400 years after the Parthenon, in a few opaque sentences that have generously been translated in the 19th Century to match the romantic ideas that Greek builders had perfect knowledge of mathematics, art, and perception.
Yet the myth persists
[7/n]
Yet the myth persists
[7/n]
October 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Historically, it was proposed by Vitruvius, 400 years after the Parthenon, in a few opaque sentences that have generously been translated in the 19th Century to match the romantic ideas that Greek builders had perfect knowledge of mathematics, art, and perception.
Yet the myth persists
[7/n]
Yet the myth persists
[7/n]
Despite being repeated everywhere, these myths have no scientific foundations (either the illusions do not exist or are imperceptible). No such illusions has been reported in the thousands of buildings built since then with perfect straight lines. [6/n]
October 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Despite being repeated everywhere, these myths have no scientific foundations (either the illusions do not exist or are imperceptible). No such illusions has been reported in the thousands of buildings built since then with perfect straight lines. [6/n]
Yet another popular myth is that figures and inscriptions have different sizes so that they appear the same size
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[5/n]
October 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Yet another popular myth is that figures and inscriptions have different sizes so that they appear the same size
[5/n]
[5/n]
A third popular myth is that the corner columns are cleverly designed thicker so that they look exactly like the other ones
[4/n]
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October 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM
A third popular myth is that the corner columns are cleverly designed thicker so that they look exactly like the other ones
[4/n]
[4/n]
Another myth is that the small swelling in the columns (entasis) is designed to make them look straight.
All three statements below are incorrect.
[3/n]
All three statements below are incorrect.
[3/n]
October 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Another myth is that the small swelling in the columns (entasis) is designed to make them look straight.
All three statements below are incorrect.
[3/n]
All three statements below are incorrect.
[3/n]