Sunday, July 28, 2013

quote for the day

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Image Credit: Subaru Telescope ( NAOJ ) & DSS ; Assembly and Processing: Robert Gendler "If the past is the roadmap t...
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

astro picture for the day/ thought for the day - James Burke connections and social conditioning

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The above picture is of the Earth and the Moon off in the distance.  The picture is taken from a Gemini program spacecraft.  The U.S. s...
Tuesday, July 16, 2013

thought for the day/ philosopher bloopers

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ESA/NASA Hubble space telescope After the discovery of Uranus, philosopher Hegel said he had logically proved that there can be no more...
Saturday, July 13, 2013

thought for the day/ Disruptive technology disproven; or at least generalised beyond Eric Drexler's wildest dreams

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I've seen many documentaries about the beginnings space program that led to the Apollo space program, but this was 1) a new one, 2) I...
Friday, July 12, 2013

thought for the day/ BBC - My Father the Bomb and Me

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Lisa Jardine has gone personal in this video; so, this is a personal response.  I mention some things about my sister, and feel justified...
Tuesday, July 9, 2013

thought for the day/ connections between my "Nature and Orign of Mathematical knowledge" and the use of fire from Homo Erectus to us, or at least to Anaximander of Miletus

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 Carl Sagan's literary account of fire mythology of the ancients,   "We eat berries and roots. Nuts and leaves. And dead anima...
Saturday, July 6, 2013

thought for the day/ ancient knowledge mathematically defined

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Image Credit & Copyright : Adam Block , Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter , U. Arizona I defined ancient knowledge in the previous incarnation...