[Q]: [Topicsotherthanmathematicsalsointerestedhim,especiallyphysicsandastronomy.]
[A]: [Topics other than mathematics also interested him, especially physics and astronomy.]
[Q]: [Thatwasprettysurprising,justliketheworktheydid.]
[A]: [That was pretty surprising, just like the work they did.]
[Q]: [Ontheblack-paintedgroundthelinearpatternhasbeenetchedagainandagain,eachtimeslightlydisplaced;atfirstasfaint,fadedcolors,butgradually,astheblackbasecolorisetchedaway,inbrighterandbrighterlines.Finallydarklineswereprintedonthetracksacrossthesurfacetocreateorderinapparentchaos.]
[A]:
[On the black-painted ground the linear pattern has been etched again and again, each time slightly displaced; at first as faint, faded colors, but gradually, as the black base color is etched away, in brighter and brighter lines. Finally dark lines were printed on the tracks across the surface to create order in apparent chaos.]