Brent Antonson

Identical Snowflakes & Chaos Theory

In the whimsical kingdom of winter, we’re taught that no two snowflakes are alike — each one a frozen fingerprint, a crystalline signature etched by time and turbulence. But what if that phrase, often whispered as poetic fact, is more philosophical fulcrum than meteorological truth? Let’s imagine three chessboards...

Circling the World by Rail: The Geometry of Distance

Circling the World by Rail: The Geometry of Distance I only went around the world once, but it took five train trips to do it. 1997 – The Trans-Siberian Railway: Moscow to Beijing In 1997, my dad, brother, and I boarded the Trans-Siberian Railway, the route that cuts through Mongolia to...