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Matt Springer is a graduate student of physics at Texas A&M university. He is also an occasional writer and tinkerer, and he is probably too curious for his own good.
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February 24, 2010
A reader writes in with a question about the speed of light. Since the meter and second are defined in terms of that speed, how would we be able to tell if the speed of light is changing or has...
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February 22, 2010
Category: Sunday Function
Faster than exponential!
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February 20, 2010
Unfortunately it's rarely on TV more than once every four years, but I have to say I've really gotten to curling. Not only is it interesting to watch, it looks like it's actually a sport that could be played for...
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February 18, 2010
Grad school and a major (good) event in my personal life have been gobbling huge swaths of time, hence the comparative silence around here. I'm afraid we may be down to a few times a week for the next few...
Posted by Matt Springer at 2:51 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 15, 2010
Volume of a hypersphere?
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February 12, 2010
Recently I bought a plug-in power meter, along these lines: It's a nice little invention to have. You can measure both instantaneous power consumption as well as total energy used. Given that and your power bill, you can see how...
Posted by Matt Springer at 11:11 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 9, 2010
A while back I mentioned I was starting the project of reading Neal Stephenson's rather lengthy Baroque Cycle. I'm most of the way done with the second book, so we're coming round to the 2000-page mark. It's a brilliant work...
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February 5, 2010
I'm still not happy about NASA scrapping Ares and the manned lunar/Martian plans, but I'm less unhappy than I was. As long as unmanned planetary science picks up most of the slack I'll grudgingly deal with it. The extra earth...
Posted by Matt Springer at 11:55 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 2, 2010
Every year there's a Super Bowl, and every year the whole shebang gets started by a famous person tossing a coin into the air. The team winning the toss gets to decide whether they want to begin the game on...
Posted by Matt Springer at 3:29 PM • 26 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 1, 2010
Category: Sunday Function
Step right up, Ladies and Gentlemen! Get your ticket to see the True Oddities of the Natural World! Do not be taken in by the Shameful Forgeries at Inferior Circuses, here you will see Genuine Curiosities from the Mists of...
Posted by Matt Springer at 11:39 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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