21 Aug
The Big Bang Visualized
Physicist Janna Levin explaining the Big Bang and what may or may not be going on with our universe/reality/my head just exploded:
Posts Tagged ‘Science’
20 Aug
Data Visualization Porn
Wired Science posted the best science visualization videos of 2009 as selected by The Department of Energy at the Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing conference (SciDAC) in June. Sit back, drop some acid, and enjoy.
My favorites are:
1. The Big One (Southern California earthquake simulation)
2. Making Waves (Water movement around a ship)
3. Supernova (Thermonuclear runaway in a white dwarf star in a binary system)
18 Aug
"All possibilities are contained in the 10th Dimension"
Neat little animation illustrating a way to think about a 10 dimensional universe. According to several of the comments on the BoingBoing post the science behind it is mostly nonsense but I still think it’s a fun way to think about dimensions beyond the 4 that we’re used to.
Imagining the Tenth Dimension [The original link seems to be down so here is the BB post]
