Abstract / Synopsis
This is a non-fiction essay overtly about three methods used in overwintering physiology, set in the context of my first learning them, along with associated thoughts and ideas as I began working on my PhD. The mathematics shows up mainly in the final section of the essay whose subtitle plays on a poem by Wallace Stevens called “Anecdote of the Jar”. This section is fable-like in its explanation of protein purification and begins with an impossible statement that is slowly adjusted to make sense by words and math.
DOI
10.5642/jhummath.ECNK9279
Recommended Citation
Todd Sformo, "States of Matter," Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 14 Issue 2 (July 2024), pages 520-530. DOI: 10.5642/jhummath.ECNK9279. Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol14/iss2/16
