Drawing
ca. 1960-1980 (made)
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This plotter drawing is by an unknown artist, and was created using a computer and a pen plotter device.
The German text at the right hand side says: "Der Mangel an mathematischer Bildung gibt sich durch nichts so auffallend zu erkennen wie durch maßlose Schärfe im Zahlenrechnen." This is a quotation from Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), the mathematician who made a major contribution to number theory. The apparently random arrangement of numbers at the left hand side of the image may refer to a maethematical concept known as "Gaussian distribution".
The German text at the right hand side says: "Der Mangel an mathematischer Bildung gibt sich durch nichts so auffallend zu erkennen wie durch maßlose Schärfe im Zahlenrechnen." This is a quotation from Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), the mathematician who made a major contribution to number theory. The apparently random arrangement of numbers at the left hand side of the image may refer to a maethematical concept known as "Gaussian distribution".
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Plotter drawing on computer paper |
| Brief description | Plotter drawing in black ink on computer paper, by unknown artist, ca.1960-1980. |
| Physical description | Plotter drawing in black ink on translucent computer paper, depicting a column of text in German on the left and randomly dispersed numbers of varying sizes on the right. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Computer Arts Society, supported by System Simulation Ltd, London |
| Summary | This plotter drawing is by an unknown artist, and was created using a computer and a pen plotter device. The German text at the right hand side says: "Der Mangel an mathematischer Bildung gibt sich durch nichts so auffallend zu erkennen wie durch maßlose Schärfe im Zahlenrechnen." This is a quotation from Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), the mathematician who made a major contribution to number theory. The apparently random arrangement of numbers at the left hand side of the image may refer to a maethematical concept known as "Gaussian distribution". |
| Other number | CAS/A/0120 - Previous owner's number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.146-2008 |
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| Record created | July 23, 2008 |
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