Albert Einstein on Buddhism « yornin in$ide Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: It transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and spiritual; and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity. — Albert Einstein If there is any religion that would cope with modern scientific needs it would be Buddhism. — Albert Einstein The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. — Albert Einstein -Peace to us all- Credit by : Wang Xinyu ” The Human Side “ The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. . [1954, from Albert Einstein:The Human Side, edited by Helen Dukas and Banesh Hoffman, Princeton University Press] Like this: Like Loading...
New Biosensor Finds Bacteria In Seconds A new project from Spain has created a means of detecting water borne bacteria in seconds. Drinking the water in a foreign country always seems like something of a gamble. Could be clean, could be a one way trip to spending the entirety of your vacation in the bathroom. Luckily, a research team at Rovira i Virgili University in Tarragona, Spain has developed a biosensor that can detect bacteria at levels as low as 1 cell per 5 mL of water. As reported in FECYT and SINC, the project utilized carbon nanotubes and fragments of DNA to detect Salmonella tyhpi, the bacteria that causes Typhoid Fever. And the best part? Bacterial infections may be an inconvenience to tourists, but they are down right deadly to third world citizens. The biosensor works like a microscopic bacteria trip wire. It’s remarkable that the Salmonella biosensor can find a single bacterium in 5mL of water.
Lesson Plan for Making a Speaker Laboratory ©1995 The Regents of the University of California by Regan Lum Introduction: A speaker is a device that converts an electronic signal into sound. figure 1 Purpose: In this laboratory, you will explore how a speaker works. Materials: 1 permanent magnet 2 feet of wire 1 pencil tape or glue 1 Styrofoam or paper cup 1 signal source (tape player) 1 plug with alligator clips for tape player Procedure: Assemble material as shown in figure 1. Leaving about 10 centimeters on the end, wrap the wire around a pencil to make a wire coil and tape or glue it to the bottom of the cup. Conclusion Does the volume control on the tape player work on your speaker? Return to CEA Science Education Home Page
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Banality of evil Cover of the first edition of Eichmann in Jerusalem Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil is a book by political theorist Hannah Arendt, originally published in 1963. Arendt, a Jew who fled Germany during Adolf Hitler's rise to power, reported on Adolf Eichmann's trial for The New Yorker. Overview[edit] Arendt states that aside from a desire for improving his career, Eichmann showed no trace of antisemitism or psychological damage. Arendt takes Eichmann's court testimony and the historical evidence available, and makes several observations about Eichmann: Arendt suggests that this most strikingly discredits the idea that the Nazi criminals were manifestly psychopathic and different from "normal" people. [U]nder conditions of terror most people will comply but some people will not, just as the lesson of the countries to which the Final Solution was proposed is that “it could happen” in most places but it did not happen everywhere. The banality of evil[edit] See also[edit]
Acoustics Principles For those looking to gain a deeper understanding of how audio works, whether to make better-informed decisions or simply for the sake of curiosity, it's useful to lay down some ground rules that govern how audio systems behave relating to loudness and the decibel. One of the most important concepts in audio is the decibel, the unit of measure denoting the ratio of a change in level, whether that level is acoustic Sound Pressure Level (SPL) or electrical signal level. It’s abbreviated dB. As you may or may not be aware, the decibel (dB) scale is a logarithmic system, as opposed to a linear scale. Being aware of the relationships inherent in this scale is important for a variety of reasons, which will hopefully become clear by the time you reach the end of this article. We also discuss how the human hear perceives double loudness differently depending on frequency so +6dB increase in SPL may not seem like such a big deal at 1kHz but at 20-30Hz it certainly is. Let’s get right to it.
UN Report: Human Development Is The Real Wealth Of Nations Yesterday, the United Nations released its annual Human Development Report. It is the 20TH anniversary of the report, and this year’s report is broadening the general understanding of what it means for a nation to be “developed” by adding new parameters to calculate the nations respective index. The 2010 report has taken under consideration to judge the well-being of a nation’s population, from solely measuring the size of their national economy to put in consideration factors such as income inequality and gender inequality beside only considering health and education. The 2010 Human Development Index (HDI), which is a composite national measure of income, health and education for 169 countries, shows Norway, Australia and New-Zealand leading worldwide in HDI achievement, and Niger, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zimbabwe at the very bottom of the annual rankings. said Jeni Klugman, the report’s lead author. “ said Jeni Klugman.
Understanding Compressors and Compression Jan 1, 1999 12:00 PM, Barry Rudolph Compression is one of the most common processes in all audio work, yet the compressor is one of the least understood and most misused processors. Compressed audio is an everyday fact of modern life, with the sound of records, telephones, TV, radios and public address systems all undergoing some type of mandatory dynamic range modification. The use of compressors can make pop recordings or live sound mixes sound musically better by controlling maximum levels and maintaining higher average loudness. It is the intent of this article to explain compressors and the process of compression so that you can use this powerful process in a more creative and deliberate way. Compressors and limiters are specialized amplifiers used to reduce dynamic range-the span between the softest and loudest sounds. THE BASICS There are four basic parameters on all compressors: compression ratio, threshold level, attack time and release time. Acceptable Use Policy MixLine