Monthly Archives: June 2013

NASA | IRIS: The Science of NASA’s Newest Solar Explorer

Posted on June 28, 2013 by PlatoHagel

At the end of June 2013, NASA will launch its newest mission to watch the sun: the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS. IRIS will show the lowest levels of the sun’s atmosphere, the interface region, in more detail than … Continue reading →

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Eben Moglen: The alternate net we need, and how we can build it…..

Posted on June 28, 2013 by PlatoHagel

Dialogos of Eide

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Iris-Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph

Posted on June 25, 2013 by PlatoHagel

This graphic shows the IRIS observatory with the solar arrays removed. The orange section to the left is the spacecraft bus which includes the spacecraft support structure, the command and data handling system, power distribution system, reaction wheels, X- and … Continue reading →

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Olay to Divine Inspiration

Posted on June 20, 2013 by PlatoHagel

I think one needs to draw a distinction here with regard to what consciousness is able to access, given the understanding that information already exists. That becoming aware of it, as part and parcel of something larger then ourselves…..as in … Continue reading →

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Freeman Dyson: 98 – Summer school at Les Houches

Posted on June 16, 2013 by PlatoHagel

Born in England in 1923, Freeman Dyson moved to Cornell University after graduating from Cambridge University with a BA in Mathematics. He subsequently became a professor and worked on nuclear reactors, solid state physics, ferromagnetism, astrophysics and biology. He has … Continue reading →

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Tacit Knowledge

Posted on June 15, 2013 by PlatoHagel

Tacit knowledge (as opposed to formal, codified or explicit knowledge) is the kind of knowledge that is difficult to transfer to another person by means of writing it down or verbalizing it. For example, stating to someone that London is … Continue reading →

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Musical Acoustics

Posted on June 15, 2013 by PlatoHagel

A recipe for a violin Chladni patterns show the geometry of the different types of vibration of violin plates. This site has an introductory explanation of modes of vibration and a library of photographs of the Chladni patterns of the … Continue reading →

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Cool horizons for entangled black holes

Posted on June 15, 2013 by PlatoHagel

Schwarzschild wormholes General relativity contains solutions in which two distant black holes are connected through the interior via a wormhole, or Einstein-Rosen bridge. These solutions can be interpreted as maximally entangled states of two black holes that form a complex … Continue reading →

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Time Begins, When Counting Begins?

Posted on June 11, 2013 by PlatoHagel

Like Copernicus’ heliocentric theory, Newton’s law of gravitation, and Darwin’s theory of evolution, non-Euclidean geometry has radically affected science, philosophy, and religion. It is fair to say that no more cataclysmic event has ever taken place in the history of … Continue reading →

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Quantum Biology and the Hidden of Nature

Posted on June 4, 2013 by PlatoHagel

Can the spooky world of quantum physics explain bird navigation, photosynthesis and even our delicate sense of smell? Clues are mounting that the rules governing the subatomic realm may play an unexpectedly pivotal role in the visible world. Join leading … Continue reading →

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