Posts Tagged ‘astronomy’

27
Dec

Itv News | Best 50 Astronomy Pictures of Year 2008

   Posted by: dhcsoul    in Odds & Sods

Perseid over Vancouver

“Astronomy is arguably the most beautiful of the sciences. I’m biased, of course, but it’s nearly impossible to gaze upon a picture of a galaxy, a moon, a nebula, and not see in it something compellingly artistic. Sometimes it’s the color, sometimes the shape, and sometimes it’s the knowledge that we can understand the subject of the picture itself.”

via Itv News | Best 50 Astronomy Pictures of Year 2008.

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13
Nov

Breadcrumbs for November 13th to 21:29

   Posted by: dhcsoul    in Breadcrumbs

These are my links for November 13th from 21:06 to 21:29:

  • Happiness as the Ultimate Goal of Cybernetics – There are two basic problems to be solved — “What has caused these problems and how can they be solved?” and, “If solutions do exist, are they compatible with humankind’s happiness?”
    Both of these problems must be analyzed based upon the careful analysis of human nature. This paper first discusses the problem of what aspect of human nature is relevant to the ceaseless increase of energy use and how such aspects can be utilized to evade the problem. The analysis of the human feeling of happiness will then be presented to examine if the life of decreased use of energy is compatible with the human nature.

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11
Jan

Intelligent Signal from Space ??? or…..

   Posted by: dhcsoul    in Odds & Sods


The ‘Wow’ Signal

“He
did some analysis of the data, and by all indications this powerful,
narrowband radio signal was from outside of our solar system. But was
it sent by an advanced civilization?”
read moredigg story

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