Irish Class, September 29, 2014
Rang Gaeilge, 29ú lá Mí Mheán Fómhair 2014
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Monday Night Irish Class, September 29, 2014
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Monthly Archives: September 2014
The Meanest Man in Math
The Epic Story of Johann Bernoulli.
No profession is free from the kind of miserable jerks who ruin it for everyone else. No intelligence level is either. When great intelligence, prestige careers, and big egos come together, things get ugly. Johann Bernoulli was, as a person, very ugly.
Atheism and Sexism
I have been following this story for a while in some corners of the ‘net. Now it is reaching the wider world.
Monday Night Irish Class, September 22, 2014
Irish Class, September 22, 2014
Rang Gaeilge, 22ú lá Mí Mheán Fómhair 2014
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GÓGAN, Liam Seosamh (1891–1979)
Na Coisithe “The Walkers”
Relativity is Right on Time,…
Special relativity predicts that a twin in a high-speed rocket, as viewed by his Earth-bound brother, will have a slower-ticking clock. A precise test of this time dilation, first performed in 1938, involves observing the frequency shift—or “ticking” change—in the electronic transitions of fast-moving ions. An update of this type of experiment using lithium ions has now verified special relativity’s prediction with unprecedented accuracy—a result that provides additional constraints on quantum gravity models.
With hottest August on Record, …
… 2014 Takes Aim At Hottest Year On Record
Last month was the warmest August since records began being kept in 1880, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported Thursday. NOAA also projected out scenarios for the rest of the year making clear that 2014 is going to be one of the very hottest years on record — and possibly the hottest.
Our violent cousins
Murder ‘comes naturally’ to chimpanzees
A major study suggests that killing among chimpanzees results from normal competition, not human interference.
The Scottish Referendum
The rest of the world is tired of Americans telling them what to do, so I am not expressing an opinion on this vote. This is easier since in fact I am not sure what I think about this. However, I can enjoy the humor, the existence of which is very reassuring however the vote goes.
This Is What It Will Be Like If Scotland Votes For Independence
As a long-time fan of fantasy I am pleased to see Game of Thrones and Harry Potter appear in this discussion.
From our side of the pond, there is nothing like the Colbert Report.
Monday Night Irish Class, September 15, 2014
Irish Class, September 15, 2014
Rang Gaeilge, 15ú lá Mí Mheán Fómhair 2014
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Missed class because of a bad cold, but I did make some notes on the homework.
GÓGAN, Liam Seosamh (1891–1979)
Nature, Nurture, and Noise
Even if we can get the genes right, and somehow completely control environments, there will always be noise to make life richly unpredictable.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 