I have just seen that I got Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) number 47 on May 25th for “Imaging Diatoms”. I can only imagine that I missed this because I had been working over the allotment all day … Continue reading
Feynman left us many interesting facts/tools and one of the most powerful I have ever come across was his observation that “The same equations have the same solutions”. By this he means that equations of the same form have similar solutions. Now … Continue reading
Does the EPR “paradox” tell us anything about Physics? Well the trite answer is yes of course it does – but can we be a bit more specific? Physics is an “after the fact” science relying on experiments and the … Continue reading
Anne Baring’s new book “The Dream of the Cosmos: A Quest for the Soul” has a Pleiades image from the New Forest Observatory on the cover. The Publisher has done an excellent job in putting the book together.
In 1973 when I was 19 I left home to start work at Harwell and also to take an HNC at Oxford Polytechnic (as it was then). This was a time of great awakening for me, I had found the … Continue reading
If you read Einstein’s little book “The Meaning of Relativity” Appendix II, you will come across a most interesting remark (by Einstein). With regard to his General Theory of Relativity he poses the following two questions: 1) Should one admit … Continue reading
See plenty of new Fractal renders on my Flickr Mathematical Structures page.
I would like to bring to your attention the last couple of paragraphs of my Inaugural Lecture. This explains why I believe we live in a Matrix Universe. It really is very strange that mathematics should describe our physical world … Continue reading
The Big Bang was when the simulation was first started.
You can see a new bunch of fractal renders on the Scientific Artist web site: http://www.scientificartist.com/
