2023/10/02
Todays Thought
The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.
-Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, professor, attorney, and writer (1 Oct 1914-2004)
2023/09/29
2023/09/28
The Plot of All Objects in the Universe
The Plot of All Objects in the Universe
You just have to admire a chart that casually purports to show every single thing in the Universe in one simple 2D plot. The chart in question is from a piece in the most recent issue of the American Journal of Physics with the understated title of "All objects and some questions".
Todays Thought
There is always more goodness in the world than there appears to be, because goodness is of its very nature modest and retiring.
-Evelyn Beatrice Hall, biographer (28 Sep 1868-1956)
Evelyn Beatrice Hall (28 September 1868 – 13 April 1956),[1][2][3][Note 1] who wrote under the pseudonym S[tephen] G. Tallentyre, was an English writer best known for her biography of Voltaire entitled The Life of Voltaire, first published in 1903. She also wrote The Friends of Voltaire, which she completed in 1906.
In The Friends of Voltaire, Hall wrote: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"[4] as an illustration of Voltaire's beliefs.[5] This quotation – which is sometimes misattributed to Voltaire himself – is often cited to describe the principle of freedom of speech.[6][7]
Todays Word
A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg gasconader PRONUNCIATION: (gas-kuh-NAY-duhr) MEANING: noun : A braggart. ETYMOLOGY: After Gascon, a native of th...
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America has been called a melting pot, but it seems better to call it a mosaic, for in it each nation, people, or race which has come to its...
