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CERN and Future Experiments

Posted on April 4, 2005 by PlatoHagel

I needed to come back down to earth for a minute to see where the trend is going with those who shall lead us poor earthlings into the future of experimental research and profound understandings. It would be nice to … Continue reading →

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Mathematics Meets the Mind’s Eye

Posted on February 3, 2005 by PlatoHagel

Mathematics is not the rigid and rigidity-producing schema that the layman thinks it is; rather, in it we find ourselves at that meeting point of constraint and freedom that is the very essence of human nature. – Hermann Weyl If … Continue reading →

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Non Euclidean Geometry and the Universe

Posted on November 28, 2004 by PlatoHagel

With Critical density ( Omega ), matter distinctions become apparent, when looking at the computerized model of Andrey Kravtsov. Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann 1826 – 1866 Riemannian Geometry, also known as elliptical geometry, is the geometry of the surface of … Continue reading →

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2004 Promises to be an Exceptionally Exciting Year in General Relativity and Gravitation

Posted on November 14, 2004 by PlatoHagel

But you shouldn’t imagine the mood as one of breathless anticipation. At least for the physicists present, a better description would be something like “skeptical curiosity”. None of them seemed to believe that Hawking could suddenly shed new light on … 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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