Paley's Watch (Guest)

Paley's Watch

Special guest of the Big Bang and Creationism Podcast and colleague of mine, Robert Lippens joins returning co-host Andrew and I on a discussion about Intelligent Design. William Paley engineered his thought experiment about the watch and the watchmaker close to the turn of the 19th century. Since then, Intelligent Design has gotten lots more public media attention. The three of us roundtable it out on various claims by Intelligent Design proponents.

No skypecast for this week, sorry. We had millions of troubles and skypecasting was one of them. I realize there was a crowd trying to get in and get it to work, but they're being fixed right now, servers are down, etc. Perhaps next time!

Sunday Skypecast!

This Sunday we'll be graced with the presence of a colleague of mine, Robert Lippens, of the Big Bang and Creationism podcast. We'll be discussing William Paley's thought experiment on Intelligent Design. All are encouraged to join, all you need is skype and patience.

It begins Sunday, June 24th at 11:00 am, PST. Follow the link below to listen in.

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Newton's Bucket

Newton's Bucket

What can a rotating glob of water tell us about the universe's expanse? In this experiment you can perform at home, you can follow the history of the 400 year-old theory on Newton's explanation on why he thought the universe was infinite.

(couldn't resist!)

Music by Gustav Holst

Finals Week

This week and weekend are prep for finals here at Western Washington, so there will be no new program for this weekend. Show the video around, though!

Pale Blue Dot (video)

Pale Blue Dot

No introduction or commentary on this one. This is a segment from my planetarium show (the Earth segment) rendered for smaller screens, so the quality may be reduced a bit. The quote is from Carl Sagan's book, Pale Blue Dot, an amazing read which I would suggest all audiences to give a look at. There is no intro music to this, but music throughout and is done by Yo-Yo Ma, called the Ecstasy of Gold, from his album where he plays a bunch of music from Ennio Morricone's compositions.

Many of the images have been used without acknowledgment of the authors from Caedes.net. If your image was used, please let me know and I'll credit you.

A youtube version of this can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba3X1toPT-E

Galileo's Thread

Galileo's Thread

It is a common misconception to think that things that weigh more than others fall faster. After all, we see all the time that paper floats to the ground when our cellphones drop quickly onto the pavement. Galileo, in the 1600s, disproved this with a simple string.

Info on next week's video podcast in here too!
(Music by Carl Orff)

Lucretius' Spear

Lucretius' Spear

Are the boundaries to the universe finite? If so, what exists beyond them? Lucretius wondered this in his work, On the Nature of Things. If the universe is infinite, how do we fit in? This podcast aims at explaining that.

Music by Hans Zimmer