“A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's heaven for” — Robert Browning
2004-08-06
Lemniscate
Did you know that the symbol for infinity (that sideways 8 thingy) is called a lemniscate?
The mathematical symbol for infinity, also known as a lemniscate. It was devised in 1655 by mathemetician John Wallis, and named lemniscus, ribbon, by Bernoulli about forty years later.