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Two Paul Steinhardt Projects: "Cyclic Universe" and "Quasicrystals"

Two Paul Steinhardt Projects: “Cyclic Universe” and “Quasicrystals” Paul Steinhardt Albert Einstein Professor in Science, Departments of Physics and Astrophysical… Quasi-elegance….As a young student first reading Weyl’s book, crystallography seemed like the “ideal” of what one should be aiming for … Continue reading

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All-sky map

All-sky map of the CMB, created from 9 years of WMAP data Comparison of CMB results from COBE, WMAP and Planck – March 21, 2013. Working out what happened in the moments after the Big Bang is difficult. Scientists can … Continue reading

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Hmmmm…Pringles Potato Chip Still?

Solving quantum field theories via curved spacetimes by Igor R. Klebanov and Juan M. Maldacena IN their figure 2. Hyperbolic space, and their comparative relation to the M.C.Escher’s Circle Limit woodcut, Klebanov and Maldacena write, ” but we have replaced … Continue reading

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Preposterous Universe Episode 1: Thought-Reading in 5 Years?

Preposterous Universe Episode 1: Thought-Reading in 5 Years?  Sean’s Post: New Video Project Obama Proposes Brain Mapping Project  See Also: Sensor Developments for Human Condition Tan Le: A headset that reads your brainwaves Self-organization Dialogos of Eide

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Think About Nature on Edge.Org

Lee Smolin The main question I’m asking myself, the question that puts everything together, is how to do cosmology; how to make a theory of the universe as a whole system. This is said to be the golden age of … Continue reading

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John Legend: "True Colors"

http://www.ted.com/talks/john_legend_true_colors.html See Also: Color of Gravity 4 Dialogos of Eide

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Slac-All Access

Three hundred and fifty miles overhead, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope silently glides through space. From this serene vantage point, the satellite’s instruments watch the fiercest processes in the universe unfold. Pulsars spin up to 700 times a second, sweeping … Continue reading

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Geometric Patterns At the Basis of Reality

Western psychological interpretations According to the psychologist David Fontana, its symbolic nature can help one “to access progressively deeper levels of the unconscious, ultimately assisting the meditator to experience a mystical sense of oneness with the ultimate unity from which … Continue reading

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Who is the Clockmaker?

Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus) – oil painting by Salvador Dalí I see a clock, but I cannot envision the clockmaker. The human mind is unable to conceive of the four dimensions, so how can it conceive of a God, before whom … Continue reading

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Introduction to Ideas Roadshow Talks

The Power of Principles – A conversation with Nima Arkani-Hamed And more Ideas Roadshow’s YouTube videos  See:  Ideas RoadsShow Dialogos of Eide

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