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Category Archives: Physics
The Bicycle
As I was cycling into work this morning my mind started to wander. I looked down at the bike beneath me and had a weird sensation of ’solidness’. It’s hard to put this into words, but I’m going to try. There I was, doing about 15miles an hour, balanced on a device which itself was [...]
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur has gone to visit that big black obelisk in the sky.
RIP.
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Papal Infallibility
15 years ago, the church apologised for the trial of Galileo.
This in itself should have given the hint that Papal infallibility isn’t what it was.
The current Pope has just gone back on that, saying the trial was ‘reasonable and just’.
It’s a Papal showdown!
Both Popes can’t be right (you can’t apologise if you’ve done nothing wrong, [...]
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Roller Coaster Power Cut
A power cut in Arkansas left roller coaster riders dangling upside-down
My first reaction is ‘how’. My understanding is that roller-coasters are constructed such that once lifted up the climbing hill, the coaster proceeds under gravity. Given that, how could a power cut cause it to stop in the position described?
The big worry for me if [...]
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