perturbations

"You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage." -Martin H. Fischer I've always thought that the Universe is absolutely amazing; that everything from the tiniest indivisible particles all the way up to the largest structures and superstructures making up the Universe has an amazing story to tell, if only we can figure out its secrets. Image credit: Boylan-Kolchin et al. (2009) for the Millenium-II simulation; MPA Garching. When I first learned some of them for myself, I was a graduate student, immersed in the minutiae and…