„In ‚laminar‘ (= non turbulent) flow, the dye is spread out as a long thin line. But in turbulent flow, the dye is spread out in a large region downstream from the injection point.“ (p. 10) #Gennes #flow #laminar #turbulent
„As Serres points out, the infinite fall provides a model on which to base our conception of the natural genesis of the disturbance that causes things to be born. If the vertical fall were not disturbed ‚without reason‘ by the clinamen, which leads to encounters and associations between uniformly falling atoms, no nature could be created; all that would be reproduced would be the repetitive connection between equivalent causes and effects governed by the laws of fate (foedera fati).“ (p. 303) #Prigogine #Stengers #Serres #NaturalGenesis #clinamen #atom #LawsOfFate
„Chance can be considered as computable and as objective because it presents itself masked by informational code.“ (p. 32) #Bühlmann #Chance #code
„Les modèles spatiaux, ce sont ces cartes où la réalité sociale se projette et partiellement s’explique, modèles au vrai pour tous les mouvements de la durée (et surtout de la longue durée), pour toutes les catégories du social.“ (p. 753) #Braudel #réalité #social #durée
„La continuité et la discontinuité dont il s’agit concernent bien plus les opérations de l’esprit en train de calculer que l’espace lui-même.“ (p. 92) #Halbwachs #Leibniz #continuité #esprit #espace