Author Archives: PlatoHagel

On Memory

Posted on November 5, 2009 by PlatoHagel

Today is my 1000th post. I began here in November of 2004. It has been a good time of learning and being propelled forward by other blog posters and blog commentators.  It has been a wonderful journey in terms of … Continue reading →

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Fermi Records Lighthouse Effect

Posted on October 29, 2009 by PlatoHagel

John Keats talked of “unweaving the rainbow”, suggesting that Newton destroyed the beauty of nature by analysing light with a prism and splitting it into different colours. Keats was being a prat. Physicists also smile when we see rainbows, but … Continue reading →

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Gravity is Talking, LISA will Listen

Posted on October 28, 2009 by PlatoHagel

It seems by measure the Interferometer has come a long way. If one recognizes how gravitational waves are measured, you come to understand how they can have a affect on laser light. Bee and Stefan of Backreaction have gone to … Continue reading →

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New Synesthete Character on Heroes

Posted on October 28, 2009 by PlatoHagel

For example, in 1704 Sir Isaac Newton struggled to devise mathematical formulas to equate the vibrational frequency of sound waves with a corresponding wavelength of light. He failed to find his hoped-for translation algorithm, but the idea of correspondence took … Continue reading →

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Leon Lederman and Starting Out

Posted on October 27, 2009 by PlatoHagel

“The soul is awestruck and shudders at the sight of the beautiful.” Plato Leon Max Lederman (born July 15, 1922) is an American experimental physicist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his work with neutrinos. He is Director Emeritus … Continue reading →

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Blackhole Analogue Introduction

Posted on October 27, 2009 by PlatoHagel

Hydraulic spray The hydraulic spray nozzle utilizes the liquid kinetic energy as the energy source to break the liquid into droplets. This type of spray is less energy consuming than a gas atomized or twin-fluid spray nozzle. As the fluid … Continue reading →

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About Complexity

Posted on October 27, 2009 by PlatoHagel

Robert Betts Laughlin (born November 1, 1950) is a professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Stanford University who, together with Horst L. Störmer and Daniel C. Tsui, was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in physics for his explanation of … Continue reading →

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Artifacts in the Exploration of Geometry

Posted on October 22, 2009 by PlatoHagel

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK It should not be lost on individuals who have followed this blog, that there is a range of connection to Platonic Forms idealization, that such an artifact in Ashmolean Museum although modeled to represent a reality … Continue reading →

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Philemon and the Liber Novus

Posted on October 17, 2009 by PlatoHagel

Giving a dream to a Jungian analyst is a little bit like feeding a complex quadratic equation to someone who really enjoys math. It takes time. The process itself is to be savored. The solution is not always immediately evident.The … Continue reading →

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Universality Can Lead too, Isostatic Adjustment

Posted on October 12, 2009 by PlatoHagel

Pressure and heat melts protons and neutrons into a new state of matter – the quark gluon plasma. Quark Gluon Plasma Now you must know that this entry holds philosophical perspective and is the mandate of Night Light Mining Company … Continue reading →

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