‘When We Left Earth’ Shows When Man Stretched to Reach the Moon – NYTimes.com “Like many gadget-happy Americans, NASA took lots and lots of home movies. For this series it threw open the doors of its film and video archives, which have been transferred to stunning high-definition format.” (tags: television space science history) Physics of… Continue reading links for 2008-06-07
Glory Days
A quick glimpse from the 1993 version of Facebook: See, college students took pictures of each other standing around drinking, even before we had the Internet to post those pictures on… I’m off to my 15th college reunion for the weekend, to see old friends, renew old acquaintances, play a little golf (if it stops… Continue reading Glory Days
Theme From FutureBaby!
Being a Baby of the Future, FutureBaby obviously needs to have a theme song. Sadly, Kate and I don’t have the cash on hand to commission John Williams to write one. So, then, we shall Ask the Internets: What (already existing) piece of music should be FutureBaby’s theme song? I realize this would be easier… Continue reading Theme From FutureBaby!
How Good a Spouse Are You?
How will you know, unless you take this Internet quiz?
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Asking the Wrong Questions: Braaaaaaains “I’ve been on the lookout for other works which, like Proof, feature characters whose lives are lived primarily in the mind, and who view the world, and interact with it most fully, through their intellect.” (tags: books literature science culture society) Everyday Scientist » Plaigiarise an American? The French would… Continue reading links for 2008-06-06
Doggy Poll: Prey
A simple question: Bunnies or squirrels? Emmy eagerly awaits your answer.
Fun With Thermal Resistance
In the last few weeks, I’ve been wrapping up E&M, which has included talking about Faraday’s Law and induced currents. I did the traditional demonstration using a PASCO ring launcher to demonstrate Lenz’s Law, showing that the induced current flows in a direction that creates a field opposing the change in magnetic flux. The ring… Continue reading Fun With Thermal Resistance
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Christian Demand: Inflated phrases – signandsight “Texts on art rarely explain what they profess to explain; they simply simulate the explainability of their theories.” (tags: art culture humanities) Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2006; Graduation Rates, 2000 and 2003 Cohorts; and Financial Statistics, Fiscal Year 2006 “This First Look presents findings from the Integrated Postsecondary… Continue reading links for 2008-06-05
Calendrical Mismatch
I’m giving the last lecture of new material in my intro E&M class today, on Maxwell’s equations and electromagnetic waves. In the last couple of weeks, I’ve been struck again by the way our trimester system (three ten-week terms, instead of two 15-week semesters) is a lousy match for the standard curricula. Or even new… Continue reading Calendrical Mismatch
Tobias Buckell, Sly Mongoose [Library of Babel]
This is a review way in advance of the publication of the book– it’s not due until August, or thereabouts– but I got an advance copy of Tobias Buckell’s forthcoming Sly Mongoose, and read it at DAMOP. You might think this is an odd venue– wouldn’t the exhausting nature of the conference tend to make… Continue reading Tobias Buckell, Sly Mongoose [Library of Babel]