Remember the scene where Charlton Heston finds the remains of the Statue of the Liberty? In The Planet of the Apes, I mean. Sorry, I just gave the ending away. It’s a classic trope (the “Earth all along“). And it’s a classic pop culture reference to time dilation. I recently ran across Carl Sagan’s [...]
Freeman Dyson is a global warming skeptic. This should not come as a surprise. Last Sunday, the New York Times Magazine featured a profile of the physicist, now in his 80s, as its cover story. He’s been ensconced at the Institute for Advanced Study for the last several decades. I liked the piece. There are [...]
Would be nice to have a little color around here. You’ll learn something, too. Magnetic Movie from Semiconductor on Vimeo. Posting will be slow, er, slower, until the home internet thing is straightened out.
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