Monthly Archives: May 2012

Antimatter

Posted on May 17, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Don Lincoln Explains Antimatter | NOVA’s Nature of Realitybrought to you by Livescribe See: Antimatter 101 Don Lincoln Explains Antimatter | NOVA’s Nature of Realitybrought to you by Livescribe Dialogos of Eide

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Euler Diagram

Posted on May 16, 2012 by PlatoHagel

This article is about Eulerian circles of set theory and logic. For the geometric Euler circle, see Nine-point circle. An Euler diagram illustrating that the set of “animals with four legs” is a subset of “animals”, but the set of … Continue reading →

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Where is LHC Headed?

Posted on May 15, 2012 by PlatoHagel

The speakers are: Michael Peskin (author of the famous QFT textbook) Nima Arkani-Hamed, Riccardo Rattazzi, Gavin Salam, Matt Strassler and Raman Sundrum (or Randall-Sundrum fame). Dialogos of Eide

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Illusions of Grandeur?

Posted on May 15, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Illusions of Gravity Three spatial dimensions are visible all around us–up/down, left/right, forward/backward. Add time to the mix, and the result is a four-dimensional blending of space and time known as spacetime. Thus, we live in a four-dimensional universe. Or … Continue reading →

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Questions on the History of Mathematics

Posted on May 14, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Arthur MillerEinstein and Schrödinger never fully accepted the highly abstract nature of Heisenberg’s quantum mechanics, says Miller. They agreed with Galileo’s assertion that “the book of nature is written in mathematics”, but they also realized the power of using visual … Continue reading →

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The Birth of String Theory

Posted on May 14, 2012 by PlatoHagel

The Birth of String Theory Edited by: Andrea Cappelli, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Florence Edited by: Elena Castellani, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy Edited by: Filippo Colomo, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Florence Edited by: Paolo … Continue reading →

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A Path With a Heart

Posted on May 7, 2012 by PlatoHagel

“All paths lead nowhere,so it is important to choose a path that has heart.”— Carlos Castenada Update: I am re-posting this article from 2006. I wanted to highlight this post in relation to the idea of intent. What it means … Continue reading →

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Experimental philosophy

Posted on May 5, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Experimental philosophy is an emerging field of philosophical inquiry[1][2][3][4][5] that makes use of empirical data—often gathered through surveys which probe the intuitions of ordinary people—in order to inform research on philosophical questions.[6][7] This use of empirical data is widely seen … Continue reading →

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Being Able to See

Posted on May 4, 2012 by PlatoHagel

How does one turn on the internal vision when we use our eyes to look at the day to day happenings with eyes wide open? What made this interesting for me was the fact that sensory examination could have been … Continue reading →

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The Ganzfeld effect

Posted on May 4, 2012 by PlatoHagel

The  Ganzfeld effect (from German for “complete field”) is a phenomenon of visual perception caused by staring at an undifferentiated and uniform field of color. The effect is described as the loss of vision as the brain cuts off the … Continue reading →

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