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It's pretty inconsiderate of people, really, to flock to sports events and the like in such voluminous numbers. As a result, poor video game developers have had to spend the past two decades trying to do crowds right. One person on-screen? Easy. Ten people? Pretty tough, but alright. All 109,901 spectators in Michigan Stadium, all the officials and a game of American football? Give the poor guys a break!
Def Jam's super-'street' fighting gameplay is context-heavy, which is undeniably one of the game's greatest pulls. But while cars and other scenery elements all make for interesting diversions, it's the crowds that are the best part.
For starters, the individually-rendered onlookers add a real Fight Club atmosphere to the proceedings as they goad the fighters on. But the best thing about them is the quality of their haircuts. Nah, not really. It is, of course, their interactivity. Shove your opponent into the crowd and someone will grab hold, even assisting you in a team-up move. Mightily impressive for 2004, it's surprising it hasn't caught on more in recent years.
But while Def Jam has the interactivity, Street Fighter has superior reactivity. The stages in SFIV are full of individuals that each appear to have an interesting story to tell. They watch the fight with excitement or annoyance, especially when the fracas destroys an element of the background scenery.
And of course, it all goes back to Street Fighter 2 and the infamous chicken-choker. Does one man and a chicken count as a crowd? We're going to go with yes. But two frames of animation aren't enough to make our 'best crowds' list. We hope the news doesn't leave the chicken too choked.
NHL Hockey actually predated FIFA in the shape of EA Hockey, which came out in 1991. And, sure enough, it offered 2D crowds with individual people in them. Again, they were animated at varying speeds to simulate excitement if someone hit the post or upended another player. But I've chosen this version for a reason.
There was one dude in a red top and blonde hair, who would sometimes get up out of his chair and walk down to the perspex barrier and watch the game from there. An audience member actually behaving like a real person as an incidental detail. It was the most amazing thing my friend and I had seen. Combine that with NHLPA Hockey '93's glass getting smashed at the back and it was evident this was the best sports game ever.
Similar to Def Jam, VF4 featured one stage with a 3D-rendered crowd. OK, so you couldn't get caught up in them and they were only ever really silhouettes of people, but it was the atmosphere that this gave the fight, not to mention the technical achievement of rendering that many 3D bodies at 60fps.
This is what happens when a gameplay engine is already at the peak of its evolution and then a shed-load of new power comes along to help make everything else that little bit more awesome. FIFA 14's crowds are vast, fully 3D-rendered and react to the action realistically. Admittedly, they don't hand-sign 'wanker' when the opposing team scores right in front of them, but maybe the Millwall Fan Pack DLC is still to come.
Either way, what there is is wonderful, with no visible compromises in terms of resolution or frame rate. They're just there, totally absorbed in the unfolding match, ready to jump up and down when the ball goes in. Lovely.
Conversely, this was how FIFA first depicted its football fans. Cartoony, huh? Now, if you're too young to remember, you'll likely laugh when I say this, but this was a revolution in visuals in 1993. Reviews at the time said things like 'squint a bit and you could be watching Match of the Day'.
Complete nonsense, of course. Especially as Match of the Day rarely sees a player sprint five laps around the pitch hoping the ref will give up trying to give him a yellow card. Gaming may have come a long way, but we've arguably lost something in that respect. Anyway, individual isometric 2D people in a crowd = awesome.
Now this is an interesting one. You know how great the NBA 2K series has always been? Well, it's developed by a team called Visual Concepts. Visual Concepts made NBA Action '98, which was also known as NBA Fastbreak on PlayStation. In other words, this was the first NBA 2K game, before the year 2K had even come around. Predictably, the result was sensational.
On 32-bit machines, people had become accustomed to crowds being rendered as flat textures of crowds on polygonal stands. It wasn't ideal, looked crap from acute angles and basically forced us to pretend gaming was actually better than it really was. But Visual Concepts' NBA spectators were not only strips of upright rows of spectators, they were animated too. Sure, it was always the same animation run at different speeds to show various levels of enthusiasm, but it was a major breakthrough.
The NBA 2K series on Dreamcast is still visually impressive. The first video I saw of the game in action was pure wizardry, riding the Hogwarts Express and chanting an Oculus Explodum charm. Because behind the impossibly detailed and smoothly-animated players were individual spectators sitting on individual seats. Considering this was scant few years after NBA Action 98's flat rows of people, this kind of fidelity was akin to the leap between 480i and 1080p. Nay, bigger.
This is the best crowd in gaming. Ever. Every single spectator is rendered in full 3D, affected by lighting and what's happening on the court. They get louder as the game gets more intense. They stand up and wave things around. Could be handkerchiefs, could be underwear. Depends if Tom Jones is playing.
Obviously the Power of Next-Gen means they're all unique, albeit with a few shared dress sense decisions. And at 1080p and 60fps, it really is like watching a real NBA game on TV. Having said that, I fully expect people to look back in another 20 years and laugh like you just did at FIFA Soccer, as there's still room for improvement. But for once, we can be happy. All of the people are accounted for. All of them.
Which one got crowded out?
This has been a pretty crowded article about crowds, but you what they say: Nine entries in a gallery is company, 10's a crowd. Or something. And apparently you know more Crowded House songs than you think you do. So crowd around and share your favourite crowds in the comments. Don't worry about crowding out other people, we want to 'cheer' what you think. Um... crowds.
And if you're looking for more, check out E3 2013 if it had happened in 1983 instead and In memorium: Jerry the Spectator - NBA 2K-2K14.

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it's pretty inconsiderate of people, really, to flock to sports events and the like in such voluminous numbers. as a result, poor video game developers have had to spend the past two decades trying to do crowds right. one person on-screen? easy. ten people? pretty tough, but alright. all 109,901 spectators in michigan stadium, all the officials and a game of american football? give the poor guys a break!
def jam's super-'street' fighting gameplay is context-heavy, which is undeniably one of the game's greatest pulls. but while cars and other scenery elements all make for interesting diversions, it's the crowds that are the best part.
for starters, the individually-rendered onlookers add a real fight club atmosphere to the proceedings as they goad the fighters on. but the best thing about them is the quality of their haircuts. nah, not really. it is, of course, their interactivity. shove your opponent into the crowd and someone will grab hold, even assisting you in a team-up move. mightily impressive for 2004, it's surprising it hasn't caught on more in recent years.
but while def jam has the interactivity, street fighter has superior reactivity. the stages in sfiv are full of individuals that each appear to have an interesting story to tell. they watch the fight with excitement or annoyance, especially when the fracas destroys an element of the background scenery.
and of course, it all goes back to street fighter 2 and the infamous chicken-choker. does one man and a chicken count as a crowd? we're going to go with yes. but two frames of animation aren't enough to make our 'best crowds' list. we hope the news doesn't leave the chicken too choked.
nhl hockey actually predated fifa in the shape of ea hockey, which came out in 1991. and, sure enough, it offered 2d crowds with individual people in them. again, they were animated at varying speeds to simulate excitement if someone hit the post or upended another player. but i've chosen this version for a reason.
there was one dude in a red top and blonde hair, who would sometimes get up out of his chair and walk down to the perspex barrier and watch the game from there. an audience member actually behaving like a real person as an incidental detail. it was the most amazing thing my friend and i had seen. combine that with nhlpa hockey '93's glass getting smashed at the back and it was evident this was the best sports game ever.
similar to def jam, vf4 featured one stage with a 3d-rendered crowd. ok, so you couldn't get caught up in them and they were only ever really silhouettes of people, but it was the atmosphere that this gave the fight, not to mention the technical achievement of rendering that many 3d bodies at 60fps.
this is what happens when a gameplay engine is already at the peak of its evolution and then a shed-load of new power comes along to help make everything else that little bit more awesome. fifa 14's crowds are vast, fully 3d-rendered and react to the action realistically. admittedly, they don't hand-sign 'wanker' when the opposing team scores right in front of them, but maybe the millwall fan pack dlc is still to come.
either way, what there is is wonderful, with no visible compromises in terms of resolution or frame rate. they're just there, totally absorbed in the unfolding match, ready to jump up and down when the ball goes in. lovely.
conversely, this was how fifa first depicted its football fans. cartoony, huh? now, if you're too young to remember, you'll likely laugh when i say this, but this was a revolution in visuals in 1993. reviews at the time said things like 'squint a bit and you could be watching match of the day'.
complete nonsense, of course. especially as match of the day rarely sees a player sprint five laps around the pitch hoping the ref will give up trying to give him a yellow card. gaming may have come a long way, but we've arguably lost something in that respect. anyway, individual isometric 2d people in a crowd = awesome.
now this is an interesting one. you know how great the nba 2k series has always been? well, it's developed by a team called visual concepts. visual concepts made nba action '98, which was also known as nba fastbreak on playstation. in other words, this was the first nba 2k game, before the year 2k had even come around. predictably, the result was sensational.
on 32-bit machines, people had become accustomed to crowds being rendered as flat textures of crowds on polygonal stands. it wasn't ideal, looked crap from acute angles and basically forced us to pretend gaming was actually better than it really was. but visual concepts' nba spectators were not only strips of upright rows of spectators, they were animated too. sure, it was always the same animation run at different speeds to show various levels of enthusiasm, but it was a major breakthrough.
the nba 2k series on dreamcast is still visually impressive. the first video i saw of the game in action was pure wizardry, riding the hogwarts express and chanting an oculus explodum charm. because behind the impossibly detailed and smoothly-animated players were individual spectators sitting on individual seats. considering this was scant few years after nba action 98's flat rows of people, this kind of fidelity was akin to the leap between 480i and 1080p. nay, bigger.
this is the best crowd in gaming. ever. every single spectator is rendered in full 3d, affected by lighting and what's happening on the court. they get louder as the game gets more intense. they stand up and wave things around. could be handkerchiefs, could be underwear. depends if tom jones is playing.
obviously the power of next-gen means they're all unique, albeit with a few shared dress sense decisions. and at 1080p and 60fps, it really is like watching a real nba game on tv. having said that, i fully expect people to look back in another 20 years and laugh like you just did at fifa soccer, as there's still room for improvement. but for once, we can be happy. all of the people are accounted for. all of them.
which one got crowded out?
this has been a pretty crowded article about crowds, but you what they say: nine entries in a gallery is company, 10's a crowd. or something. and apparently you know more crowded house songs than you think you do. so crowd around and share your favourite crowds in the comments. don't worry about crowding out other people, we want to 'cheer' what you think. um... crowds.
and if you're looking for more, check out e3 2013 if it had happened in 1983 instead and in memorium: jerry the spectator - nba 2k-2k14.


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protecting myself from illness by natural means.
optimizing my immune system and metabolism.
changing my body constitution through balancing metabolic pathways.
improving nutritional and somatic awareness and knowledge.
mindful customized antioxidant mediterranean nutrition based on clinical and laboratory parameters.
metabolic rehabilitation via natural, ancient healing techniques.
scientifically targeted body workout and treatments that improve metabolic conditioning, body posture and ventilation.
rejuvenation of the skin, body and mind through the use of sauna, steam bath, caldarium and thalassotherapy facilities.
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north turramurra, a suburb of sydney in new south wales is beautifully located 20 kilometers north-west of the sydney central business district. though it stretches in length and breadth up to 11.74 km2 yet it is well connected with the various mode of transportation. the population of north turramurra is approximately 4257 people. best places to be in north turramurra are samuel king and orange green. some suburb around north turramurra is north wahroonga, ku-ring-gai chase national park, wahroonga, st ives chase, turramurra, pymble, and st ives.
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If you want to pick a portfolio of computer languages to master, look at these 10 great options that are used across the cloud computing world.
When people think of choosing a computer language, they probably pick one of the well-known, general-purpose procedural languages taught in schools, such as C, Java, or Python. But these regular suspects are just the tips of the computer language iceberg — if it uses keywords and a structure to communicate information, it's a language. Here are 10 cloud languages to consider.
When it comes to data languages, SQL has been the undisputed ruler for decades. Even non-relational database servers talk some form of SQL. The cloud is just as full of SQL as all other areas of IT.
Here's a SQL joke that developers everywhere will understand. "A man walks into a bar and sees two tables. He says, 'Can I join you?'"
XML is used to describe documents rather than deliver a stream of orders. Since XML doesn't usually order computers around, it isn't usually thought of as a computer language.
XML is the popular data markup language, and that's mainly because of Java. Where there's Java, there's XML. And since Java has been powering large-scale distributed systems since way before cloud was a computing thing, XML documents are everywhere. Apache Hadoop configuration lives in XML files.
The R language helps developers with statistics, reports, and graphs. An interactive R tutorial exposes new developers to the joy of vectors, factors, and correlating data sets.
Amazon bundles the RStudio IDE with its EMR (Elastic MapReduce) service to help with big data analytics.
Clojure is not just a math language — it's both a general purpose and a functional language. It just so happens Clojure is popular with data analysts.
Apache Storm, the real-time data stream processor, is written in Clojure. Functional languages don't need the semi-colons that procedural languages do; you can see the semi-colons are only used for comments in this Clojure script.
Haskell is a functional language that is ideal for distributed computing, and a cloud Haskell platform project started a couple of years ago.
Even though Haskell has a fair adoption in industry and it's in the GitHub Top 20, Haskell take-up in the cloud so far is patchy — perhaps Haskell is perceived as being hard to learn. Find out for yourself at the Try Haskell tutorial.
Erlang came out of Ericsson. In the telecoms industry, products have to stay up forever, and everything (customers, connections, transactions, and records) is counted in millions.
A carrier-grade functional language sounds like an ideal fit for cloud computing. And in fact, despite not making the GitHub Top 20, Erlang powers popular cloud applications, including Riak, CouchDB, RabbitMQ, and even the LING unikernel.
Python is a high-level language that was designed to be readable. These days, pretty much anyone — really, anyone — can get started with Python. Learning aids include classes, books, and even an interactive Python tutorial.
OpenStack, the favourite Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) management software, is written in Python. Have a look at this Python code for the Nova client interface.
Go was created at Google a few years ago when some of Google's programmers were frustrated with languages such as Stroustrup's C++. Google provides an interactive Go tutorial and a Go Playground for getting to grips with the code.
Docker, the darling of cloud computing, is written in Go, along with many other projects in the Docker ecosystem.
GFM (GitHub Flavored Markdown) is a plain text formatting language used to document repos on GitHub. GFM is used by millions of developers, because millions of developers use GitHub.
Because there are so many cloud-specific projects such as Cloud Foundry on GitHub, GFM is good to know. And it's probably the simplest to learn of all the languages in this list.
The regex (REGular EXpression) syntax is disturbing to newcomers because it is practically symbolic — instead of keywords, there are single characters. Regex code looks like someone fell asleep on the keyboard. If you want to be scared off the regex language for life, check out this extreme example — a JSON parser.
However, regular expressions are a pillar of the Linux world. One of the core principles of the old UNIX OS and its Linux successor is the heavy use of text. Text is used everywhere — for configuration, on the command line, and in protocols. Regular expressions help developers manage that text.
There are many more good languages to choose from. Try spending some time with a book like the 2010 classic "Seven Languages in Seven Weeks," which will run you through languages that include Prolog and Scala. Or, choose your own portfolio of languages.
If you want less serious and more silly, take a quick diversion to the land of esoteric programming languages. Deadfish, anyone?
Will Go give Java a run for its money?

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if you want to pick a portfolio of computer languages to master, look at these 10 great options that are used across the cloud computing world.
when people think of choosing a computer language, they probably pick one of the well-known, general-purpose procedural languages taught in schools, such as c, java, or python. but these regular suspects are just the tips of the computer language iceberg — if it uses keywords and a structure to communicate information, it's a language. here are 10 cloud languages to consider.
when it comes to data languages, sql has been the undisputed ruler for decades. even non-relational database servers talk some form of sql. the cloud is just as full of sql as all other areas of it.
here's a sql joke that developers everywhere will understand. "a man walks into a bar and sees two tables. he says, 'can i join you?'"
xml is used to describe documents rather than deliver a stream of orders. since xml doesn't usually order computers around, it isn't usually thought of as a computer language.
xml is the popular data markup language, and that's mainly because of java. where there's java, there's xml. and since java has been powering large-scale distributed systems since way before cloud was a computing thing, xml documents are everywhere. apache hadoop configuration lives in xml files.
the r language helps developers with statistics, reports, and graphs. an interactive r tutorial exposes new developers to the joy of vectors, factors, and correlating data sets.
amazon bundles the rstudio ide with its emr (elastic mapreduce) service to help with big data analytics.
clojure is not just a math language — it's both a general purpose and a functional language. it just so happens clojure is popular with data analysts.
apache storm, the real-time data stream processor, is written in clojure. functional languages don't need the semi-colons that procedural languages do; you can see the semi-colons are only used for comments in this clojure script.
haskell is a functional language that is ideal for distributed computing, and a cloud haskell platform project started a couple of years ago.
even though haskell has a fair adoption in industry and it's in the github top 20, haskell take-up in the cloud so far is patchy — perhaps haskell is perceived as being hard to learn. find out for yourself at the try haskell tutorial.
erlang came out of ericsson. in the telecoms industry, products have to stay up forever, and everything (customers, connections, transactions, and records) is counted in millions.
a carrier-grade functional language sounds like an ideal fit for cloud computing. and in fact, despite not making the github top 20, erlang powers popular cloud applications, including riak, couchdb, rabbitmq, and even the ling unikernel.
python is a high-level language that was designed to be readable. these days, pretty much anyone — really, anyone — can get started with python. learning aids include classes, books, and even an interactive python tutorial.
openstack, the favourite infrastructure as a service (iaas) management software, is written in python. have a look at this python code for the nova client interface.
go was created at google a few years ago when some of google's programmers were frustrated with languages such as stroustrup's c++. google provides an interactive go tutorial and a go playground for getting to grips with the code.
docker, the darling of cloud computing, is written in go, along with many other projects in the docker ecosystem.
gfm (github flavored markdown) is a plain text formatting language used to document repos on github. gfm is used by millions of developers, because millions of developers use github.
because there are so many cloud-specific projects such as cloud foundry on github, gfm is good to know. and it's probably the simplest to learn of all the languages in this list.
the regex (regular expression) syntax is disturbing to newcomers because it is practically symbolic — instead of keywords, there are single characters. regex code looks like someone fell asleep on the keyboard. if you want to be scared off the regex language for life, check out this extreme example — a json parser.
however, regular expressions are a pillar of the linux world. one of the core principles of the old unix os and its linux successor is the heavy use of text. text is used everywhere — for configuration, on the command line, and in protocols. regular expressions help developers manage that text.
there are many more good languages to choose from. try spending some time with a book like the 2010 classic "seven languages in seven weeks," which will run you through languages that include prolog and scala. or, choose your own portfolio of languages.
if you want less serious and more silly, take a quick diversion to the land of esoteric programming languages. deadfish, anyone?
will go give java a run for its money?


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Leonhard Euler (15 April 1707 – 18 September 1783) was a Swiss mathematician and physicist, considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time.
Mathematicians have tried in vain to this day to discover some order in the sequence of prime numbers, and we have reason to believe that it is a mystery into which the human mind will never penetrate.
Variant: Madame... I have come from a country where one can be hanged for what one says.
All the greatest mathematicians have long since recognized that the method presented in this book is not only extremely useful in analysis, but that it also contributes greatly to the solution of physical problems. For since the fabric of the universe is most perfect, and is the work of a most wise Creator, nothing whatsoever takes place in the universe in which some relation of maximum and minimum does not appear. Wherefore there is absolutely no doubt that every effect in the universe can be explained as satisfactorily from final causes, by the aid of the method of maxima and minima, as it can from the effective causes themselves. Now there exist on every hand such notable instances of this fact, that, in order to prove its truth, we have no need at all of a number of examples; nay rather one's task should be this, namely, in any field of Natural Science whatsoever to study that quantity which takes on a maximum or a minimum value, an occupation that seems to belong to philosophy rather than to mathematics. Since, therefore, two methods of studying effects in Nature lie open to us, one by means of effective causes, which is commonly called the direct method, the other by means of final causes, the mathematician uses each with equal success. Of course, when the effective causes are too obscure, but the final causes are more readily ascertained, the problem is commonly solved by the indirect method; on the contrary, however, the direct method is employed whenever it is possible to determine the effect from the effective causes. But one ought to make a special effort to see that both ways of approach to the solution of the problem be laid open; for thus not only is one solution greatly strengthened by the other, but, more than that, from the agreement between the two solutions we secure the very highest satisfaction.
La construction d'une machine propre à exprimer tous les sons de nos paroles , avec toutes les articulations , seroit sans-doute une découverte bien importante. … La chose ne me paroît pas impossible.
It would be a considerable invention indeed, that of a machine able to mimic speech, with its sounds and articulations. … I think it is not impossible.
It will seem a little paradoxical to ascribe a great importance to observations even in that part of the mathematical sciences which is usually called Pure Mathematics, since the current opinion is that observations are restricted to physical objects that make impression on the senses. As we must refer the numbers to the pure intellect alone, we can hardly understand how observations and quasi-experiments can be of use in investigating the nature of numbers. Yet, in fact, as I shall show here with very good reasons, the properties of the numbers known today have been mostly discovered by observation, and discovered long before their truth has been confirmed by rigid demonstrations. There are many properties of the numbers with which we are well acquainted, but which we are not yet able to prove; only observations have led us to their knowledge. Hence we see that in the theory of numbers, which is still very imperfect, we can place our highest hopes in observations; they will lead us continually to new properties which we shall endeavor to prove afterwards. The kind of knowledge which is supported only by observations and is not yet proved must be carefully distinguished from the truth; it is gained by induction, as we usually say. Yet we have seen cases in which mere induction led to error. Therefore, we should take great care not to accept as true such properties of the numbers which we have discovered by observation and which are supported by induction alone. Indeed, we should use such discovery as an opportunity to investigate more exactly the properties discovered and to prove or disprove them; in both cases we may learn something useful.
Original title: Introductio in analysin infinitorum. Translated as Introduction to Analysis of the Infinite (1988–89) by John Blanton (Book I ISBN 0387968245; Book II ISBN 0387971327 (online version).
A conjecture about the nature of air, by which are to be explained the phenomenon which have been observed in the atmosphere (Conjectura circa naturam aeris, pro explicandis phaenomenis in atmosphaera observatis) (1870) (online version).
François Arago; Variant: Euler calculated without apparent effort, as men breathe, or as eagles sustain themselves in the wind.
Of no little importance are Euler's labors in analytical mechanics. ...He worked out the theory of the rotation of a body around a fixed point, established the general equations of motion of a free body, and the general equation of hydrodynamics. He solved an immense number and variety of mechanical problems, which arose in his mind on all occasions. Thus on reading Virgil's lines. "The anchor drops, the rushing keel is staid," he could not help inquiring what would be the ship's motion in such a case. About the same time as Daniel Bernoulli he published the Principle of the Conservation of Areas and defended the principle of "least action," advanced by P. Maupertius. He wrote also on tides and on sound.
Florian Cajori, A History of Mathematics (1893) "Euler, Lagrange and Laplace" p. 240.
Somebody said "Talent is doing what others find difficult. Genius is doing easily what others find impossible." ...by that definition, Euler was a genius. He could do the seemingly impossible, and he did it throughout his long and illustrious life. ...Way to Go, Uncle Leonhard!
William Dunham, "A Tribute to Euler" (Oct 14, 2008) 49:10, Clay Public Lecture, Harvard University Science Center, from the Clay Mathematics Institute.
Euler lacked only one thing to make him a perfect genius: He failed to be incomprehensible.
Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, as quoted by William Dunham, "A Tribute to Euler" (Oct 14, 2008) 48:27, Clay Public Lecture, Harvard University Science Center, from the Clay Mathematics Institute.
The study of Euler's works will remain the best school for the different fields of mathematics and nothing else can replace it.
Carl Friedrich Gauss, as quoted by Louise Grinstein, Sally I. Lipsey, Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education (2001) p. 235.
It is customary to consider Chebyshev, Gauss, Jacobi, and Legendre as the main creators of the theory of orthogonal polynomials. However, their contributions were directly influenced by Brouncker and Wallis who, in March of 1655, made discoveries which influenced the development of analysis for the next hundred years. Namely, Wallis found an infinite product of rational numbers converging to 4/π and Brouncker gave a remarkable continued fraction for this quantity. ...The only mathematician who understood the importance of these discoveries was Euler. ...he felt that the recovery of the original Brouncker's proof could open up new perspectives for analysis. As usual, Euler was right.
Mariano Giaquinta, Stefan Hildebrandt, Calculus of Variations I (2004) Grundlehren der mathematischen WissenSchaften Vol. 310.
Galileo does not attempt any theory to account for the flexure of the beam. This theory, supplied by Hooke's law, was applied by Mariotte, Leibnitz, De Lahire, and Varignon, but they neglect compression of the fibres, and so place the neutral in the lower face of Galileo's beam. The true position of the neutral plane was assigned by James Bernoulli 1695, who in his investigation of the simplest case of bent beam, was led to the consideration of the curve called the "elastica." This "elastica" curve speedily attracted the attention of the great Euler (1744), and must be considered to have directed his attention to the elliptic integrals. Probably the extraordinary divination which led Euler to the formula connecting the sum of two elliptic integrals, thus giving the fundamental theorem of the addition equation of elliptic functions, was due to mechanical considerations concerning the "elastica" curve; a good illustration of the general principle that the pure mathematician will find the best materials for his work in the problems presented to him by natural and physical questions.
A. G. Greenhill, Nature (Feb. 3, 1887) Review of A History of the Theory of Elasticity, Volume 35, pp. 313-314.
Who has studied the works of such men as Euler, Lagrange, Cauchy, Riemann, Sophus Lie, and Weierstrass, can doubt that a great mathematician is a great artist? The faculties possessed by such men, varying greatly in kind and degree with the individual, are analogous with those requisite for constructive art. Not every mathematician possesses in a specially high degree that critical faculty which finds its employment in the perfection of form, hi conformity with the ideal of logical completeness; but every great mathematician possesses the rarer faculty of constructive imagination.
To the reader of today much in the conception and mode of expression of that time appears strange and unusual. Between us and the mathematicians of the late seventeenth century stands Leonhard Euler... He is the real founder of our modern conception. However non-rigorous he may be in details: he ends and conquers the previous epoch of direct geometric infinitesimal considerations and introduces the period of mathematical analysis according to form and content. Whatever was written after him on the logarithmic series is necessarily based no longer on the already obscured predecessors in the receding mathematical Renaissance, but on Euler's Introductio in analysin infinitorum... in which the entire seventh chapter [De Quantitabus exponentialibus ac Logarithmis] treats of logarithms.
Josef Ehrenfried Hofman, "On the Discovery of the Logarithmic Series and Its Development in England up to Cotes" (Oct., 1939) National Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 37-38.
Pierre-Simon Laplace, as quoted in Calculus Gems (1992). variant: Read Euler, read Euler. He is the master of us all. As quoted by S. H. Hollingdale, "Leonhard Euler (1707-1783): A Bicentennial Tribute", Bulletin (1983) Volumes 19-20, Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications, & by Edwin Joseph Purcell, Dale E. Varberg, Calculus with Analytic Geometry (1987), Vol. 1.
He was later to write that he had made some of his best discoveries while holding a baby in his arms surrounded by playing children.
In 1736, during his first stay in St. Petersburg, Euler tackled the now famous problem of the seven bridges of Königsberg. His contribution to this problem is often cited as the birth of graph theory and topology.
David S. Richeson (8 March 2012). Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology. Princeton University Press. p. 100. ISBN 1-4008-3856-8.
I discovered the works of Euler and my perception of the nature of mathematics underwent a dramatic transformation. I was de-Bourbakized, stopped believing in sets, and was expelled from the Cantorian paradise. I still believe in abstraction, but now I know that one ends with abstraction, not starts with it. I learned that one has to adapt abstractions to reality and not the other way around. Mathematics stopped being a science of theories but reappeared to me as a science of numbers and shapes.
As analysis was more cultivated, it gained a predominancy over geometry; being found to be a far more powerful instrument for obtaining results; and possessing a beauty and an evidence, which, though different from those of geometry, had great attractions for minds to which they became familiar. The person who did most to give to analysis the generality and symmetry which are now its pride, was also the person who made Mechanics analytical; I mean Euler.
William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences (1859) Vol. 1, pp. 363-363.
Euler and "Fermat's Last Theorem"
Euler's presentation of "The Seven Bridges of Königsberg"
An Evening with Leonhard Euler presented by William Dunham.
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leonhard euler (15 april 1707 – 18 september 1783) was a swiss mathematician and physicist, considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time.
mathematicians have tried in vain to this day to discover some order in the sequence of prime numbers, and we have reason to believe that it is a mystery into which the human mind will never penetrate.
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all the greatest mathematicians have long since recognized that the method presented in this book is not only extremely useful in analysis, but that it also contributes greatly to the solution of physical problems. for since the fabric of the universe is most perfect, and is the work of a most wise creator, nothing whatsoever takes place in the universe in which some relation of maximum and minimum does not appear. wherefore there is absolutely no doubt that every effect in the universe can be explained as satisfactorily from final causes, by the aid of the method of maxima and minima, as it can from the effective causes themselves. now there exist on every hand such notable instances of this fact, that, in order to prove its truth, we have no need at all of a number of examples; nay rather one's task should be this, namely, in any field of natural science whatsoever to study that quantity which takes on a maximum or a minimum value, an occupation that seems to belong to philosophy rather than to mathematics. since, therefore, two methods of studying effects in nature lie open to us, one by means of effective causes, which is commonly called the direct method, the other by means of final causes, the mathematician uses each with equal success. of course, when the effective causes are too obscure, but the final causes are more readily ascertained, the problem is commonly solved by the indirect method; on the contrary, however, the direct method is employed whenever it is possible to determine the effect from the effective causes. but one ought to make a special effort to see that both ways of approach to the solution of the problem be laid open; for thus not only is one solution greatly strengthened by the other, but, more than that, from the agreement between the two solutions we secure the very highest satisfaction.
la construction d'une machine propre à exprimer tous les sons de nos paroles , avec toutes les articulations , seroit sans-doute une découverte bien importante. … la chose ne me paroît pas impossible.
it would be a considerable invention indeed, that of a machine able to mimic speech, with its sounds and articulations. … i think it is not impossible.
it will seem a little paradoxical to ascribe a great importance to observations even in that part of the mathematical sciences which is usually called pure mathematics, since the current opinion is that observations are restricted to physical objects that make impression on the senses. as we must refer the numbers to the pure intellect alone, we can hardly understand how observations and quasi-experiments can be of use in investigating the nature of numbers. yet, in fact, as i shall show here with very good reasons, the properties of the numbers known today have been mostly discovered by observation, and discovered long before their truth has been confirmed by rigid demonstrations. there are many properties of the numbers with which we are well acquainted, but which we are not yet able to prove; only observations have led us to their knowledge. hence we see that in the theory of numbers, which is still very imperfect, we can place our highest hopes in observations; they will lead us continually to new properties which we shall endeavor to prove afterwards. the kind of knowledge which is supported only by observations and is not yet proved must be carefully distinguished from the truth; it is gained by induction, as we usually say. yet we have seen cases in which mere induction led to error. therefore, we should take great care not to accept as true such properties of the numbers which we have discovered by observation and which are supported by induction alone. indeed, we should use such discovery as an opportunity to investigate more exactly the properties discovered and to prove or disprove them; in both cases we may learn something useful.
original title: introductio in analysin infinitorum. translated as introduction to analysis of the infinite (1988–89) by john blanton (book i isbn 0387968245; book ii isbn 0387971327 (online version).
a conjecture about the nature of air, by which are to be explained the phenomenon which have been observed in the atmosphere (conjectura circa naturam aeris, pro explicandis phaenomenis in atmosphaera observatis) (1870) (online version).
françois arago; variant: euler calculated without apparent effort, as men breathe, or as eagles sustain themselves in the wind.
of no little importance are euler's labors in analytical mechanics. ...he worked out the theory of the rotation of a body around a fixed point, established the general equations of motion of a free body, and the general equation of hydrodynamics. he solved an immense number and variety of mechanical problems, which arose in his mind on all occasions. thus on reading virgil's lines. "the anchor drops, the rushing keel is staid," he could not help inquiring what would be the ship's motion in such a case. about the same time as daniel bernoulli he published the principle of the conservation of areas and defended the principle of "least action," advanced by p. maupertius. he wrote also on tides and on sound.
florian cajori, a history of mathematics (1893) "euler, lagrange and laplace" p. 240.
somebody said "talent is doing what others find difficult. genius is doing easily what others find impossible." ...by that definition, euler was a genius. he could do the seemingly impossible, and he did it throughout his long and illustrious life. ...way to go, uncle leonhard!
william dunham, "a tribute to euler" (oct 14, 2008) 49:10, clay public lecture, harvard university science center, from the clay mathematics institute.
euler lacked only one thing to make him a perfect genius: he failed to be incomprehensible.
ferdinand georg frobenius, as quoted by william dunham, "a tribute to euler" (oct 14, 2008) 48:27, clay public lecture, harvard university science center, from the clay mathematics institute.
the study of euler's works will remain the best school for the different fields of mathematics and nothing else can replace it.
carl friedrich gauss, as quoted by louise grinstein, sally i. lipsey, encyclopedia of mathematics education (2001) p. 235.
it is customary to consider chebyshev, gauss, jacobi, and legendre as the main creators of the theory of orthogonal polynomials. however, their contributions were directly influenced by brouncker and wallis who, in march of 1655, made discoveries which influenced the development of analysis for the next hundred years. namely, wallis found an infinite product of rational numbers converging to 4/π and brouncker gave a remarkable continued fraction for this quantity. ...the only mathematician who understood the importance of these discoveries was euler. ...he felt that the recovery of the original brouncker's proof could open up new perspectives for analysis. as usual, euler was right.
mariano giaquinta, stefan hildebrandt, calculus of variations i (2004) grundlehren der mathematischen wissenschaften vol. 310.
galileo does not attempt any theory to account for the flexure of the beam. this theory, supplied by hooke's law, was applied by mariotte, leibnitz, de lahire, and varignon, but they neglect compression of the fibres, and so place the neutral in the lower face of galileo's beam. the true position of the neutral plane was assigned by james bernoulli 1695, who in his investigation of the simplest case of bent beam, was led to the consideration of the curve called the "elastica." this "elastica" curve speedily attracted the attention of the great euler (1744), and must be considered to have directed his attention to the elliptic integrals. probably the extraordinary divination which led euler to the formula connecting the sum of two elliptic integrals, thus giving the fundamental theorem of the addition equation of elliptic functions, was due to mechanical considerations concerning the "elastica" curve; a good illustration of the general principle that the pure mathematician will find the best materials for his work in the problems presented to him by natural and physical questions.
a. g. greenhill, nature (feb. 3, 1887) review of a history of the theory of elasticity, volume 35, pp. 313-314.
who has studied the works of such men as euler, lagrange, cauchy, riemann, sophus lie, and weierstrass, can doubt that a great mathematician is a great artist? the faculties possessed by such men, varying greatly in kind and degree with the individual, are analogous with those requisite for constructive art. not every mathematician possesses in a specially high degree that critical faculty which finds its employment in the perfection of form, hi conformity with the ideal of logical completeness; but every great mathematician possesses the rarer faculty of constructive imagination.
to the reader of today much in the conception and mode of expression of that time appears strange and unusual. between us and the mathematicians of the late seventeenth century stands leonhard euler... he is the real founder of our modern conception. however non-rigorous he may be in details: he ends and conquers the previous epoch of direct geometric infinitesimal considerations and introduces the period of mathematical analysis according to form and content. whatever was written after him on the logarithmic series is necessarily based no longer on the already obscured predecessors in the receding mathematical renaissance, but on euler's introductio in analysin infinitorum... in which the entire seventh chapter [de quantitabus exponentialibus ac logarithmis] treats of logarithms.
josef ehrenfried hofman, "on the discovery of the logarithmic series and its development in england up to cotes" (oct., 1939) national mathematics magazine, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 37-38.
pierre-simon laplace, as quoted in calculus gems (1992). variant: read euler, read euler. he is the master of us all. as quoted by s. h. hollingdale, "leonhard euler (1707-1783): a bicentennial tribute", bulletin (1983) volumes 19-20, institute of mathematics and its applications, & by edwin joseph purcell, dale e. varberg, calculus with analytic geometry (1987), vol. 1.
he was later to write that he had made some of his best discoveries while holding a baby in his arms surrounded by playing children.
in 1736, during his first stay in st. petersburg, euler tackled the now famous problem of the seven bridges of königsberg. his contribution to this problem is often cited as the birth of graph theory and topology.
david s. richeson (8 march 2012). euler's gem: the polyhedron formula and the birth of topology. princeton university press. p. 100. isbn 1-4008-3856-8.
i discovered the works of euler and my perception of the nature of mathematics underwent a dramatic transformation. i was de-bourbakized, stopped believing in sets, and was expelled from the cantorian paradise. i still believe in abstraction, but now i know that one ends with abstraction, not starts with it. i learned that one has to adapt abstractions to reality and not the other way around. mathematics stopped being a science of theories but reappeared to me as a science of numbers and shapes.
as analysis was more cultivated, it gained a predominancy over geometry; being found to be a far more powerful instrument for obtaining results; and possessing a beauty and an evidence, which, though different from those of geometry, had great attractions for minds to which they became familiar. the person who did most to give to analysis the generality and symmetry which are now its pride, was also the person who made mechanics analytical; i mean euler.
william whewell, history of the inductive sciences (1859) vol. 1, pp. 363-363.
euler and "fermat's last theorem"
euler's presentation of "the seven bridges of königsberg"
an evening with leonhard euler presented by william dunham.
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The Japanese, especially those residing on Okinawa, or in other words, the world’s longest living people, determine Ikigai as a way to their longevity and living a more fulfilled life too.
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ikigai is a book written about a japanese way of life written by two non-japanese and that itself made me want to pick up this book. japan has always fascinated me as it is a country that has been in the top 20 countries with highest suicide rates yet at the same time, they are also the country with the oldest citizenry in the world. two extremes, same country.
the japanese, especially those residing on okinawa, or in other words, the world’s longest living people, determine ikigai as a way to their longevity and living a more fulfilled life too.
many a time i have mentioned in my reviews that i am not a fan of these self-help type books. for this one, i am neither a fan nor a hater. it is to a certain extent just a book i read. on one hand, yes, there are life-changing tools so that you too can find your ikigai. however, when you look at it more closely, it is what most people advise anyway, minimise stress, nurture relationships that mean something to you, follow your passions, find your purpose in life, and so on. i personally feel it has more to do with the culture of a place that helps nurture this as well but i did not write this book.
it is another feel-good book that gives inspiration to those who need it most and it does the job reasonably well consider it is not thick, fonts are a decent size, and most chapters end their last page at half a page so i do hope it inspires non-readers to pick it up. for those who pick up more than one book a year, i would recommend you go for those japanese books that teach you about decluttering as those do a lot for your lack of space and for your peace of mind too.


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Bridal beauties // Sarah Seven is back at it with her AMAZING new 2019 collection // these gowns are the perfect marriage of traditional bride and modern muse // her daring necklines combined with graceful details are young, fresh, and leave you feeling like a totally sophisticated babe.
The L A W bridal was created to provide a range of gowns that cater to women with a clear and individual sense of style.
The White Room is excited to announce that we will be featuring their N E W collection, full of minimalist silhouettes with exceptional details that are modern, polished, and cool.
F R O M | T H E | D E S I G N E R S // " We encourage our brides to wear The LAW, and then write their own."
// We will be offering | 1 0 % O F F | any THE LAW dress during this wonderful event // AND, the designer herself will be here to help you select the dress of your dreams.
Exciting news, beauties! New designer to the bridal scene, THENEWHITE, will be debuting her newest collection this weekend!
Come meet the designer, Juliette, sip on some bubbly & see these new gowns in our beautiful showroom!
The fun-loving local ladies of linyage are at it again with a brand new collection!
"... linyage is a design house focused on creating one-of-a-kind, vintage inspired bridal dresses, lingerie, lace toppers and beyond. linyage dresses are born out of a love for hand-crafted work, an appreciation for charming details, and a fondness for the character inherent to vintage lace. Like the name suggests, linyage is about drawing a connection between roots and growth...leaving you with a full heart and an heirloom to leave future lineage."
ALON LIVNE has landed in MPLS and we are so excited to announce that we will be showing his N E W E S T bridal collection for a limited time // if you are on the hunt for some serious jawdroppers, LOOK NO FURTHER.
DAN JONES LABEL is an effortless fusion of luxe fabrics, shape defining silhouettes and exquisite craftsmanship.
Call 612.361.7175 // e-mail hello@thewhiteroommpls.com for details! You do NOT want to miss this weekend.
We are excited to present the N E W 2019 collection of Atelier Pronovias. Designed in Barcelona, these beauties are wonderfully elegant yet innovative designs. Made from luxurious fabrics, these wedding gowns are bound to leave your guests (and future hubs) breathless.
The ladies from Brooklyn are back at it with their edgy, yet sophisticated designs. The White Room will be presenting their 2018 collection and, ladies, these looks are to D I E for.
Come meet the designers, sip on bubbly, and find your dream gown!
Beauties! If you are looking for that romantic, ethereal & free-spirited gown, Stephanie's designs are the perfect dream dress for you.
Odylyne The Ceremony is a line of exquisite bridal gowns designed by Stephanie White- each dress embodies the deep emotion, sensibility and beauty of the life and art. Her collections tie in the feelings of the traditional foundations of marriage to the exotic and unfamiliar, while harnessing the power of the imagination to envision and to escape. The ethereal element is ever present in each style with a twist of romance and deep appreciation of all the delicate moments of the ceremony.
10% off these gorgeous designs all weekend long.
Be sure to make your appointment before the weekend books up!
One-of-a-kind brides // this is THE weekend to find your dream dress.
We are obsessed with Katherine Polk's designs, and are so excited to show our Minnesota brides the chic, emerging bridal trends coming from NYC.
10% off any Houghton gown this weekend- beauties, you do not want to miss this presentation!
Brides-to-be, if you are looking for romantic cuts and beautiful laces in your wedding gown, you absolutely MUST stop by to see the gorgeous Claire Pettibone Romantique collection! Made with love in LA, these beauties feature delicate lace, elegant silhouettes and the designer's signature stunning backs.
This collection is only around for the weekend, darlings.
Call 612.361.7175 // e-mail hello@thewhiteroommpls.com for details!
Locally-based Caroline Hayden is at it again with a beautiful presentation of her current collection from F/W '16 and S/S '17.
Caroline Hayden has been featured in numbers publications and websites, including Harper's Bazaar.com, Rose and Ivy Journal and Minnesota Bride! Her cutting edge designs are unique, using carefully chosen fabrics and embellishments.
Walk-ins welcome on Saturday, November 26th // main fitting room reserved by appointment.
Attention, beauties! This is your chance to see the stunning designs from renowned Australian designer, Mariana Hardwick for a limited time at The White Room!
"... inspired by the grand couturiers of the past, Mariana Hardwick's designs have a distinct contemporary orientation. Drawing inspiration from from contemporary couture, vintage references, texture and drape, the Mariana Hardwick gown is timeless."
Available for 10 days in the showroom // be sure to book your appointment today!
Born from a desire to create a brand for the modern bride, Marquise Bridal has grown rapidly since their debut release in March 2015.
Forever evolving their vision and the pursuit of the perfect gown, Marquise Bride is constantly redefining bridal trends while continuing on with the fundamental theme of simple uncomplicated silhouettes using luxury textiles.
The result is sultry, romantic and luxury gowns for the modern bride.
This collection will be available exclusively to The White Room for a two-week long exhibition of affordable luxury.
Be sure to make your appointment today to see these beauties!
We are excited to announce a month long showcase with our local gal pal, Chelsea Lovett with Modehaus Designs! This talented lady has created sleek modern designs that cater to a bride looking for a classic statement.
Call 612.361.7175 // e-mail hello@thewhiterooommpls.com for details!
The oh-so-talented local jewelry maker, Sara Goldfine of Goldfine Jewelry will be showing off some of her stunning pieces during the next month to accessorize your wedding look to perfection.
15% off these stunners all month long!
Gorgeous Spanish designs from Belén Barbero are coming to MN for one week only!
The White Room will be offering 10% off these gorgeous gowns to our brides for the weekend!
Be sure to book your appointment today.
Suzanne Harward Pop-Up Trunk Show!
Nothing looks more striking on a woman than confidence. Alyssa Kristin collections are thoughtfully designed so that each piece, while varied in style and Silhouette, features a distinctive element – a dramatic train, a unique neckline, a removable skirt. This allows a bride to accentuate her favorite feature, whether it is her back, collar bone or hour glass figure, and radiate confidence.
The White Room is excited to announce that Alyssa will have her beautiful wedding gowns available at The White Room for an exclusive weekend! Come look through these gorgeous gowns & meet-and-greet with designer Alyssa!
Call 612.361.7175 for details or use the 'Book and Appointment' button on the right side of the screen!
Appointments are bound to fill up quickly, be sure to book yours today!
Timeless and elegant for the modern day bride, the Rosa Clara bridal gown collection is luxuriously chic and utilizes the world finest couture fabrications. A bride who wears Rosa Clara will feel unique and special in her beautifully tailored creation. This is the weekend for brides looking to make a timeless statement.
10% off all Rosa Clara gowns will be honored during this showcase.
Call 612.361.7175 or click "Book and Appointment" on the right side of the screen to schedule you appointment today!
The White Room will showase a curated selection of Elizabeth Fillmore gowns during the weekend, showing off the beautiful vairety of gowns the designer has to offer!
10% off any Elizabeth Fillmore gown during this weekend.
Call 612.361.7175 or e-mail us HELLO@THEWHITEROOMMPLS.COM for details!
We are so excited to announce our FIRST trunk show since opening our doors- Come see the beautiful, newly released 2016 Rosa Clara collection at The White Room!
We will be hosting private appointments on Friday, October 23rd in the evening & all-day Saturday, October 24th. An open house will be hosted during the day on Friday, October 23rd & all day on Sunday, October 25th for the brides looking to stop in and look through the collection.
Call/E-mail us for more information!

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announcement :: rime arodaky gowns are making their way from paris to minneapolis. beauties, this is your opportunity to see our newest designer’s full collection!
rime arodaky creates a new wave of bridal gowns, breaking away from the traditional wide skirts and corseted bustiers. with a nod to the 70's and the rock'n roll bride, rime has unleashed the inner bridal goddess in her designs with sensual details and romantic, yet innovative cuts.
call 612.361.7175 // e-mail hello@thewhiteroommpls.com for details! this week will book fast, beauties. be sure to secure your appointment today!
our favorite americana designer is sending back all of her brand new creations to our showroom and we cannot wait!
chantel lauren is for the wild at heart and the romantic spirit. her gowns are organic and artistic, featuring hand painted skirts in customizable colors. from fringe detailing to bell sleeves, these gowns will bring out your inner country rocker!
all of her pieces are 1 0 % o f f all weekend long, beauties.
the white room is so excited to feature lola varma for the first time ever!
this fashion forward australian brand is for the tailored fashionista who feels most confident in slinky silk or sophisticated separates.
the lola varma bride is looking for an | e f f or t l e s s | elegance on her wedding day.
we are offering 1 0 % o f f these beauties all weekend long!
she stole our hearts with her upbeat attitude and her audacious designs, and now we cannot wait to have her back in our showroom!
sarah prides herself on a body positive brand and believes that a bride deserves a gown tailored just for her on her big day // that’s why each gown is bespoke to its bride’s individual measurements. also- her gowns are just plain fun.
all gowns are handmade in chicago by talented people paid a living wage // can we get a hell yeah to that?!
bridal beauties // sarah seven is back at it with her amazing new 2019 collection // these gowns are the perfect marriage of traditional bride and modern muse // her daring necklines combined with graceful details are young, fresh, and leave you feeling like a totally sophisticated babe.
the l a w bridal was created to provide a range of gowns that cater to women with a clear and individual sense of style.
the white room is excited to announce that we will be featuring their n e w collection, full of minimalist silhouettes with exceptional details that are modern, polished, and cool.
f r o m | t h e | d e s i g n e r s // " we encourage our brides to wear the law, and then write their own."
// we will be offering | 1 0 % o f f | any the law dress during this wonderful event // and, the designer herself will be here to help you select the dress of your dreams.
exciting news, beauties! new designer to the bridal scene, thenewhite, will be debuting her newest collection this weekend!
come meet the designer, juliette, sip on some bubbly & see these new gowns in our beautiful showroom!
the fun-loving local ladies of linyage are at it again with a brand new collection!
"... linyage is a design house focused on creating one-of-a-kind, vintage inspired bridal dresses, lingerie, lace toppers and beyond. linyage dresses are born out of a love for hand-crafted work, an appreciation for charming details, and a fondness for the character inherent to vintage lace. like the name suggests, linyage is about drawing a connection between roots and growth...leaving you with a full heart and an heirloom to leave future lineage."
alon livne has landed in mpls and we are so excited to announce that we will be showing his n e w e s t bridal collection for a limited time // if you are on the hunt for some serious jawdroppers, look no further.
dan jones label is an effortless fusion of luxe fabrics, shape defining silhouettes and exquisite craftsmanship.
call 612.361.7175 // e-mail hello@thewhiteroommpls.com for details! you do not want to miss this weekend.
we are excited to present the n e w 2019 collection of atelier pronovias. designed in barcelona, these beauties are wonderfully elegant yet innovative designs. made from luxurious fabrics, these wedding gowns are bound to leave your guests (and future hubs) breathless.
the ladies from brooklyn are back at it with their edgy, yet sophisticated designs. the white room will be presenting their 2018 collection and, ladies, these looks are to d i e for.
come meet the designers, sip on bubbly, and find your dream gown!
beauties! if you are looking for that romantic, ethereal & free-spirited gown, stephanie's designs are the perfect dream dress for you.
odylyne the ceremony is a line of exquisite bridal gowns designed by stephanie white- each dress embodies the deep emotion, sensibility and beauty of the life and art. her collections tie in the feelings of the traditional foundations of marriage to the exotic and unfamiliar, while harnessing the power of the imagination to envision and to escape. the ethereal element is ever present in each style with a twist of romance and deep appreciation of all the delicate moments of the ceremony.
10% off these gorgeous designs all weekend long.
be sure to make your appointment before the weekend books up!
one-of-a-kind brides // this is the weekend to find your dream dress.
we are obsessed with katherine polk's designs, and are so excited to show our minnesota brides the chic, emerging bridal trends coming from nyc.
10% off any houghton gown this weekend- beauties, you do not want to miss this presentation!
brides-to-be, if you are looking for romantic cuts and beautiful laces in your wedding gown, you absolutely must stop by to see the gorgeous claire pettibone romantique collection! made with love in la, these beauties feature delicate lace, elegant silhouettes and the designer's signature stunning backs.
this collection is only around for the weekend, darlings.
call 612.361.7175 // e-mail hello@thewhiteroommpls.com for details!
locally-based caroline hayden is at it again with a beautiful presentation of her current collection from f/w '16 and s/s '17.
caroline hayden has been featured in numbers publications and websites, including harper's bazaar.com, rose and ivy journal and minnesota bride! her cutting edge designs are unique, using carefully chosen fabrics and embellishments.
walk-ins welcome on saturday, november 26th // main fitting room reserved by appointment.
attention, beauties! this is your chance to see the stunning designs from renowned australian designer, mariana hardwick for a limited time at the white room!
"... inspired by the grand couturiers of the past, mariana hardwick's designs have a distinct contemporary orientation. drawing inspiration from from contemporary couture, vintage references, texture and drape, the mariana hardwick gown is timeless."
available for 10 days in the showroom // be sure to book your appointment today!
born from a desire to create a brand for the modern bride, marquise bridal has grown rapidly since their debut release in march 2015.
forever evolving their vision and the pursuit of the perfect gown, marquise bride is constantly redefining bridal trends while continuing on with the fundamental theme of simple uncomplicated silhouettes using luxury textiles.
the result is sultry, romantic and luxury gowns for the modern bride.
this collection will be available exclusively to the white room for a two-week long exhibition of affordable luxury.
be sure to make your appointment today to see these beauties!
we are excited to announce a month long showcase with our local gal pal, chelsea lovett with modehaus designs! this talented lady has created sleek modern designs that cater to a bride looking for a classic statement.
call 612.361.7175 // e-mail hello@thewhiterooommpls.com for details!
the oh-so-talented local jewelry maker, sara goldfine of goldfine jewelry will be showing off some of her stunning pieces during the next month to accessorize your wedding look to perfection.
15% off these stunners all month long!
gorgeous spanish designs from belén barbero are coming to mn for one week only!
the white room will be offering 10% off these gorgeous gowns to our brides for the weekend!
be sure to book your appointment today.
suzanne harward pop-up trunk show!
nothing looks more striking on a woman than confidence. alyssa kristin collections are thoughtfully designed so that each piece, while varied in style and silhouette, features a distinctive element – a dramatic train, a unique neckline, a removable skirt. this allows a bride to accentuate her favorite feature, whether it is her back, collar bone or hour glass figure, and radiate confidence.
the white room is excited to announce that alyssa will have her beautiful wedding gowns available at the white room for an exclusive weekend! come look through these gorgeous gowns & meet-and-greet with designer alyssa!
call 612.361.7175 for details or use the 'book and appointment' button on the right side of the screen!
appointments are bound to fill up quickly, be sure to book yours today!
timeless and elegant for the modern day bride, the rosa clara bridal gown collection is luxuriously chic and utilizes the world finest couture fabrications. a bride who wears rosa clara will feel unique and special in her beautifully tailored creation. this is the weekend for brides looking to make a timeless statement.
10% off all rosa clara gowns will be honored during this showcase.
call 612.361.7175 or click "book and appointment" on the right side of the screen to schedule you appointment today!
the white room will showase a curated selection of elizabeth fillmore gowns during the weekend, showing off the beautiful vairety of gowns the designer has to offer!
10% off any elizabeth fillmore gown during this weekend.
call 612.361.7175 or e-mail us hello@thewhiteroommpls.com for details!
we are so excited to announce our first trunk show since opening our doors- come see the beautiful, newly released 2016 rosa clara collection at the white room!
we will be hosting private appointments on friday, october 23rd in the evening & all-day saturday, october 24th. an open house will be hosted during the day on friday, october 23rd & all day on sunday, october 25th for the brides looking to stop in and look through the collection.
call/e-mail us for more information!


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