maciej + cosmology   30

Beyond Einstein IV: Showdown in Chicago
report on a meeting to make very difficult hard-science funding choices due to stupid NASA budget priorities
nasa  budget  astrophysics  cosmology  science  space 
april 2007 by maciej
The Thermodynamic Arrow: Puzzles and Pseudo-Puzzles
Huw Price paper attempting to make a clear formulation of what exactly is weird about the second law of thermodynamics
thermodynamics  huw  price  time  cosmology  entropy  pdf 
march 2007 by maciej
Boltzmann's Anthropic Brain | Cosmic Variance
great discussion of the anthropic principle and rare exposition of the idea that the second law of thermodynamics is statistical, not absolute. Also, BRAINS
boltzmann  entropy  cosmology  anthropic  principle  cognition  physics  time  hmm 
march 2007 by maciej
Hawking Radiation
something other than the usual virtual particle pair at event horizon explanation
math  hawking  black  hole  cosmology  thermodynamics 
february 2007 by maciej
The Meaning of Einstein's Equation
lovely intro to general relativity based on a geometrical interpretation; no tensor calculus required
relativity  einstein  physics  tutorial  reference  math  cosmology 
november 2005 by maciej
The Tom Bearden Website
claims to have found techniques to tap into zero-point energy IF ONLY THEY WOULD LISTEN
crank  physics  energy  cosmology  quantum 
july 2005 by maciej
List of papers on "Exotic Vaccum Objects"
supposedly these are big clumps (10^12) of electrons moving in concert
physics  crank  electricity  cosmology 
july 2005 by maciej
Black Light Power, Inc.
claims to extract a "new fundamental energy source" from hydrogen atoms. Also had a Grand Unified Theory available for download
crank  physics  nuclear  cosmology 
july 2005 by maciej
Probes of Large Scale Structure
list of projects probing large scale distribution of matter in the universe and sky surveys
cosmology  physics  astro 
march 2005 by maciej
Dark matter
longer writeup on dark matter and current theories
cosmology  physics 
march 2005 by maciej
N-body Galaxy Formation Research
java applets of n-body simulation results for galaxy formation with dark matter
cs  visual  physics  cosmology 
march 2005 by maciej
If the Universe is a Simulation, then What?
Possibly the dumbest thing Nova has written to date. A tour de force of applied stupidity
cosmology  cs  idiot 
november 2004 by maciej
Einstein-Hopf process, zero point fields
Particles accelerated by quantum fluctuation when in extremely hard vacuum (i.e., intergalactic space). Can't figure out how much of a crank this guy is
astronomy  cosmology  crank  physics  science 
november 2004 by maciej

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