The Elegant Universe: Series ... The Elegant Universe: Part 3 PBS Airdate: November 4, 2003 NARRATOR: Now, on NOVA, take a thrill ride into a world stranger than science fiction, where you play the game by breaking some rules, where a new view of the universe pushes you beyond the limits of your wildest imagination. This is the world of "string theory," a way of describing every force and all matter from an atom to earth, to the end of the galaxies—from the birth of time to its final tick, in a single theory, a "Theory of Everything." Our guide to this brave new world is Brian Greene, the bestselling author and physicist. BRIAN GREENE (Columbia University): And no matter how many times I come here, I never seem to get used to it. NARRATOR: Can he help us solve the greatest puzzle of modern physics—that our understanding of the universe is based on two sets of laws that don't agree? NARRATOR: Resolving that contradiction eluded even Einstein, who made it his final quest. S. BRIAN GREENE:The atmosphere was electric. S.
Wrap Your Head Around These Gears Whether I listen to my brain, or my heart, I stilldon't understand how these damn things work When I told my Graphic Design professor that I wanted to transfer to a school offering Industrial Design, she warned me "Well, if you're going to study ID you're going to have to be able to flip things around in your head, you'll need a strong grasp of 3D." Luckily I had it, and after I made my transfer, orthographics became second nature. That was years ago, and orthographics, of course, are not true 3D. Cube gears and heart gears, which first made a YouTube splash in 2008, have more recently been propagated by 3D-printing Thingiverse guys like emmett and faberdasher. They're side by side, and yet they all turn in the same freaking direction. To make myself feel better, I dug up some videos of innovative gears that I actually can understand, as these operate in a more comprehensible two-dimensional way. Simple but clever.
Solución al acertijo de Einstein. Zumo de neuronas. Lo importante es no dejar de hacerse preguntas. (Albert Einstein.) Solución al acertijo de Einstein. Cuando Einstein propuso este acertijo dijo que el 98% de la población mundial no seria capaz de resolverlo. y si estas aquí puede ser por tres cosas: No vienes del enunciado del acertijo (sin la solución) por lo que te recomiendo que pases primero por aquí.Crees que no estas entre el 2% de población con capacidad de resolver el acertijo, aun estas a tiempo de intentarlo.Lo has intentado pero no avanzas con la solución, sigue leyendo pero intenta volver a tu solución en cuanto veas el camino.No tienes tiempo o ganas de pensar, si es así continua leyendo hasta el final. El camino que propongo para obtener la solución del acertijo de Einstein no es el único, ni siquiera es el mas elegante y seguro que se puede saber la solución con menos pasos. Comenzamos con el enunciado del acertijo de Einstein. Tenemos las siguientes claves: El británico vive en la casa roja. La pregunta:
Gothic Glossary Free Trial Issue Subscribe Back Issue Athena Review, Vol. 4, No. 2 Glossary: Gothic Art and Architecture Altar: Elevated structure located in the choir at the east end of the church, where religious rites are performed (fig.1). Ambulatory: Passageways surrounding the central part of the choir, which is often a continuation of the side aisles (fig.1,5). Apse: Semi-circular vaulted structure at the east end of the church at the termination of the choir (fig.1). Arcade: An arch or a series of arches supported by piers or columns (fig.6) Arch: Curved masonry construction that spans an opening such as a portal or window. [Fig.1: Plan of the interior at the Cathedral of St-Gervais and St-Protais (after Gonet 1998)]. Archivolt: A series of decorated, recessed arches spanning an opening such as a portal (fig.3, B). Baldachin: ornamental canopy covering statues (fig.3, F). Balustrade: A railing with symmetrical supports. Bay: A major vertical division of a large, interior wall. References: Bony, J. 1983.
Human Connectome Project | About Mapping of the human connectome offers a unique opportunity to understand the complete details of neural connectivity (Sporns et al., 2005, Wedeen et al., 2008, Hagmann et al., 2007). The Human Connectome Project (HCP) is a project to construct a map of the complete structural and functional neural connections in vivo within and across individuals. The HCP represents the first large-scale attempt to collect and share data of a scope and detail sufficient to begin the process of addressing deeply fundamental questions about human connectional anatomy and variation. Human Connectome Project Pamphlet (web-resolution) UCLA-Harvard Consortium The Human Connectome Project is a five-year project sponsored by sixteen components of the National Institutes of Health, split between two consortia of research institutions. Methods The HCP is leveraging key scientific domains that together yield a steady release of increasingly detailed connectomics data and tools. Results Conclusions References V.
Solar System Scope Wind Shield: Invisible Air Umbrella Keeps You Dry in the Rain Wind Shield: Invisible Air Umbrella Keeps You Dry in the Rain Article by Urbanist, filed under Conceptual & Futuristic in the Technology category. Umbrellas are already halfway there: compact as possible, they deploy in a quick motion and retract almost as easily. But problems remain: they are wet when you walk indoors, and their intentionally-then structure remains fragile. Thus the Air Umbrella (or perhaps: unbrella) by Je Sung Park & Woo Jung Kwon which forces an artificial wind up through its handle that shoots out the top and deflects incoming raindrops before they can hit your head. Adjustable by design, the power of the air pushed through the system can be varied based on conditions or the desire to extend your protective canopy to a walking companion. The feasibility remains to be seen – one could imagine it would be difficult if even possible to produce the kind of force required, and that batteries might drain too fast for it to be broadly useful.
Allegory of the Cave Plato realizes that the general run of humankind can think, and speak, etc., without (so far as they acknowledge) any awareness of his realm of Forms. The allegory of the cave is supposed to explain this. In the allegory, Plato likens people untutored in the Theory of Forms to prisoners chained in a cave, unable to turn their heads. All they can see is the wall of the cave. From Great Dialogues of Plato (Warmington and Rouse, eds.) Here are some students’ illustrations of Plato’s Cave Go back to lecture on the Phaedo Go back to lecture on the “One Over Many” Argument Go to next lecture on Criticism of Forms Need a quick review of the Theory of Forms? Return to the PHIL 320 Home Page Copyright © 2006, S.