In an innovative study, physicists have used the complexity of chess to design intricate mazes that might help solve some of the world’s most pressing issues. These unique labyrinths, inspired by the Knight’s moves on a chessboard, could assist in addressing challenges such as industrial processes, carbon capture, and fertilizer production. Lead researcher Dr. Felix […]
Labyrinths
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The Chartres Cathedral’s great labyrinth
About 80 kilometers southwest of Paris stands the city of Chartres, one of whose main cultural attractions is its Gothic cathedral built between 1194 and 1220. It was built in the same place where other churches and cathedrals had been before, the first one around 360 A.D., all of them destroyed by fires: the first […]