The 4th Dimension Made Easy
Back in 1980, Carl Sagan created his seminal Cosmos: A Personal Voyage series for PBS (I reviewed the DVD release here). It has stood the test…
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What Exactly Is the Higgs Boson?
John Ellis, theoretical physicist, answered the question “What is the Higgs boson?” in preparation for the press conference following the seminar on Large Hadron Collider 2012…
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So, Just How Big Is Infinity?
Using the fundamentals of set theory, explore the mind-bending concept of the “infinity of infinities” — and how it led mathematicians to conclude that math itself…
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This course is designed to provide, for non-science majors, a description of the fantastic Universe in which we live. The structure and evolution of planets, stars,…
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Below are audio recordings of the lectures for Prof. Richard Pogge’s Autumn 2006 Astronomy 161 class at The Ohio State University. Lecture notes are available on…
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Below are audio recordings of the lectures for Prof. Richard Pogge’s Winter 2006 Astronomy 162 class at the Ohio State University. Lecture notes are available on…
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