DESMA 9

For my third event of the quarter, I visited the Leonard Kleinrock Internet Heritage Site located in Boelter Hall. Although I spend a lot of time in Mathematical Sciences and Boelter Hall as a Mathematics major with a specialization in Computing, I had neither visited nor heard of the Leonard Kleinrock Internet Heritage Site. As a result, when I arrived, I was initially surprised by the impactful history that took place in 3420 Boelter Hall: the Birthplace of the Internet. Leonard Kleinrock was a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1960-1962 when he developed the mathematical theory of packet networks, the technology which serves as the foundation of the Internet. In 1969, in 3420 Boelter Hall, Kelinrock's computer became the first node of the Internet. From there, Kleinrock directed the transmission of the first ever message to pass over the Internet. The computer in Kleinrock's lab can be seen here: With this in mind, I couldn't ...

This week Professor Vesna provided insights on how Space has influenced Art. I learned that Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer and mathematician, was the first to publish a heliocentric model of the solar system in the 16th century. This was the first time the idea that sun was the center of the solar system was explained scientifically in mathematical detail. Later on, in the 17th century, the telescope was invented and marked the beginning of a new era filled with extraordinary discoveries. I also learned that the Space Race was started in 1961 by the launch of Sputnik, a satellite, by the USSR. In 1961, Yuri Gagarin, Russian astronaut, became the first human in space. Alan Shepard, American astronaut, followed about a month later. In 1962, John Glenn became the first human to circle the Earth. Ultimately, these events led to the Apollo missions, and in 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human on the moon. In today's society, the influence space has on art can be...