As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. -Albert Einstein, “Geometry and Experience”, – ” Einstein found right again. Heavens not askew! Savants not agog!’ ” Read this fascinating feature by Dennis Overbye in NYT. 7.3 [...]
Poetry &Science Entropy | 25 Jan 2009
E=Mc2 is arguably most referred, used, abused and least understood scientific equation. The equation’s influence, on both scientific and sociological fronts, is indeed hard to separate from Einstein’s influence as a whole which, like E = mc2-derived heat from the sun, shows no sign of diminishing. Recite this charming poem by Morris Bishop. E = [...]
Nature &Science Entropy | 15 Jun 2008
Galileo invented it, Einstein understood it, and Eddington saw it. 1 Who invented relativity? Bzzzt—wrong. Galileo hit on the idea in 1639, when he showed that a falling object behaves the same way on a moving ship as it does in a motionless building. 2 And Einstein didn’t call it relativity. The word never appears [...]
Poetry- Physics &Science Entropy | 01 Nov 2007
This is the third in the series of posts of introducing poetry of physicist John Archibald Wheeler. Isaac Newton, in his great Principia, first formalized our understanding of gravity as a force that acts at a distance through space, drawing any two masses together. It is often thought that Einstein’s geometric theory of gravity proved [...]
Philosophy &Science Entropy | 29 Oct 2007
A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and [...]