Category Archives: Earth

The Cosmic String

Posted on November 24, 2004 by PlatoHagel

It was important for me to recognize the microcosmic view, could have been united with cosmological proportions, and revealled structural integrity to the way in which the universe was formed. If such views were manifesting from planck Epoch realizations, then … Continue reading →

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Plato as a City Slicker

Posted on November 20, 2004 by PlatoHagel

You all know the saying of this one thing, right? The rest of the Republic answers this challenge. It does so by way of an analogy. Socrates says that it is difficult to distinguish what is going on in the … Continue reading →

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Longitudinal and Transverse Information about the Energy Deposition Pattern

Posted on November 15, 2004 by PlatoHagel

The calorimeter design for GLAST produces flashes of light that are used to determine how much energy is in each gamma-ray. A calorimeter (“calorie-meter”) is a device that measures the energy (heat: calor) of a particle when it is totally … Continue reading →

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Plato: Mathematics Would Reveal the Structure of the World

Posted on November 5, 2004 by PlatoHagel

We should ask why Plato’s theory is so progressive, why Aristotle’s is so archaic, and why Plato is usually given so little credit for his theory. The answer to all these is the same: Plato comes up with this kind … Continue reading →

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