Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 2)
In the fall I'm giving a lecture series on topics ranging from the history of the universe to time travel. Dark Matter is one of those topics.
In this second of 4 part series, I do a thought experiment involving Barry Bonds and detail the origin and nature of matter.
Next installment deals with detecting candidates of Dark Matter.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Friday, August 8, 2008
Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 1)
Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 1)
In the fall I'm giving a lecture series on topics ranging from the history of the universe to time travel. Dark Matter is one of those topics.
In this first of 4 part series, I give a brief introduction and go over distinguishing Dark Matter from what isn't Dark Matter.
Next installment deals with properties of matter and Dark Matter and how they apply to baseball.
In the fall I'm giving a lecture series on topics ranging from the history of the universe to time travel. Dark Matter is one of those topics.
In this first of 4 part series, I give a brief introduction and go over distinguishing Dark Matter from what isn't Dark Matter.
Next installment deals with properties of matter and Dark Matter and how they apply to baseball.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
The Strong Nuclear Force (video)
The Strong Nuclear Force
The Thought Experiment podcast has been kind of stagnant lately. Largely because I've been so busy here on campus with Dark Matter research and so on and hopefully this video, a talk I gave recently on the strong nuclear force that holds atomic nuclei together, can shed some light on just how jam packed my schedule has been these last few days.
The recording quality is rather lacking, yes, but my placement of the microphone in the lecture hall I guess was less than strategic. Plus it has more buttons to confuse an astronaut!
Enjoy!
The Thought Experiment podcast has been kind of stagnant lately. Largely because I've been so busy here on campus with Dark Matter research and so on and hopefully this video, a talk I gave recently on the strong nuclear force that holds atomic nuclei together, can shed some light on just how jam packed my schedule has been these last few days.
The recording quality is rather lacking, yes, but my placement of the microphone in the lecture hall I guess was less than strategic. Plus it has more buttons to confuse an astronaut!
Enjoy!
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Quantum Tunneling
Quantum Tunneling
Tunneling is a very, very mathematical process by which a particle can 'leak' out into its surroundings. This has to do with all sorts of things called wave functions, probability densities, and so on, but the real aspect behind them is: how can we use this for our macroscopic advantage?
Tunneling is a very, very mathematical process by which a particle can 'leak' out into its surroundings. This has to do with all sorts of things called wave functions, probability densities, and so on, but the real aspect behind them is: how can we use this for our macroscopic advantage?
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Intro to Quantum Mechanics
Intro to Quantum Mechanics
Ironically, the delay for this week's quantum mechanics podcast was brought on by quantum mechanics homework. In any case, this week I delve into the beginnings of what quantum mechanics is, opening up the playing field into the zany world of the small.
Ironically, the delay for this week's quantum mechanics podcast was brought on by quantum mechanics homework. In any case, this week I delve into the beginnings of what quantum mechanics is, opening up the playing field into the zany world of the small.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Link to Old Shows
I realize I haven't put up any new thought experiments quite yet (don't worry, the supply is virtually bottomless), due to exams and other college-related business. Not to worry, more shows are coming and I don't mean the old "tell-them-now-so-they'll-still-be-waiting-6-months-from-now" gag. New shows this weekend or before for sure.
With that in mind, I've been getting a lot of requests to link to the old podcast. The Thought-Provoking Discussion podcast was the one we did before this and I still believe the links are active if those who requested it are up for some old timey downloading.
With that in mind, I've been getting a lot of requests to link to the old podcast. The Thought-Provoking Discussion podcast was the one we did before this and I still believe the links are active if those who requested it are up for some old timey downloading.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Borel's Infinite Monkeys
Borel's Infinite Monkeys
Returning triumphant for a second season of thought experimenting, we continue on our history of thought experiments into the later 1920s with Borel's mathematical analysis of what happens when you get a ton of monkeys in a room with a ton of typewriters. A Borel of monkeys for sure!
Baxiden is by Liquid Tension Experiment
Returning triumphant for a second season of thought experimenting, we continue on our history of thought experiments into the later 1920s with Borel's mathematical analysis of what happens when you get a ton of monkeys in a room with a ton of typewriters. A Borel of monkeys for sure!
Baxiden is by Liquid Tension Experiment
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