Tag: Horn

Rebecca Horn, by Extension

Artist Rebecca Horn was born at a turning point in history, beginning life avoiding Nazi cleanup squads during the last year of the Second World War. In the aftermath, she and her Jewish family moved regularly and she was discouraged from speaking German, learning English and French but de...

Gabriel’s horn — a shape with finite volume but infinite surface area

This leads to an apparent paradox called the painter’s paradox that was covered in this article. The paradox arises because the shape can be filled with a finite amount of paint (since it has a finite volume). But when it is full, the paint must be touching every part of its inn...

The Tradition of Throwing the Ball Around the Horn

Baseball is a sport steeped in tradition and history, and the practice of throwing the ball around the horn is a perfect example of this. But where did this tradition come from and why do baseball teams still do it today? The origins of throwing the ball around the horn can be traced back to the ...