Math Idol

2005-11-12 Thread Robert G. Seeberger
http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/041025_greatest_equations.html If the writers of equations had an Academy Awards or a Pullitzer Prize, the finalists might be Maxwell, Euler, Newton, Einstein, and whoever can take credit for ‘1+1=2.’ Robert Crease, a professor of philosophy at the

WTC fishiness

2005-11-12 Thread Robert G. Seeberger
http://www.physics.byu.edu/research/energy/htm7.html There are still unresolved questions with regard to the WTC building collapses. I don't believe that the official explanations sufficiently cover all the bases. Excerpt: The rapid fall of the Towers and WTC7 has been analyzed by several

Re: Bitter Fruit

2005-11-12 Thread Doug Pensinger
Dan wrote: There was a pattern of interpreting the evidence in a manner that provided the greatest and most immediate risk. It was very consistent with the wishful thinking engineering I've encountered from time to time. At the time, there was enough information to see that Bush overstated

Re: Math Idol

2005-11-12 Thread Alberto Monteiro
If the writers of equations had an Academy Awards or a Pullitzer Prize, the finalists might be Maxwell, Euler, Newton, Einstein, and whoever can take credit for 1+1=2. If I had to chose a _mathematical_ equation, without doubt it would e^(i pi) + 1 = 0. Alberto Monteiro

Re: Math Idol

2005-11-12 Thread Julia Thompson
Alberto Monteiro wrote: If the writers of equations had an Academy Awards or a Pullitzer Prize, the finalists might be Maxwell, Euler, Newton, Einstein, and whoever can take credit for 1+1=2. If I had to chose a _mathematical_ equation, without doubt it would e^(i pi) + 1 = 0. Yeah. Can I

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION’S PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON IRAQ

2005-11-12 Thread Doug Pensinger
Apropos to the Bitter Fruit discussion Link to PDF http://www.downingstreetmemo.com/docs/iraq_on_the_record.pdf Executive Summary On March 19, 2003, U.S. forces began military operations in Iraq. Addressing the nation about the purpose of the war on the day the bombing began, President Bush

Re: Math Idol

2005-11-12 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 02:58 PM Saturday 11/12/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: Alberto Monteiro wrote: If the writers of equations had an Academy Awards or a Pullitzer Prize, the finalists might be Maxwell, Euler, Newton, Einstein, and whoever can take credit for 1+1=2. If I had to chose a _mathematical_ equation,

Re: Math Idol

2005-11-12 Thread Doug Pensinger
Ronn! wrote: This is a question I have wondered before. Is it possible to set up a web page for the list so members can share things like graphics? Some of the commercial list hosts have a picture album associated with each list which can be use for such things. If there's any concern

Re: Math Idol

2005-11-12 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: Ronn! wrote: This is a question I have wondered before. Is it possible to set up a web page for the list so members can share things like graphics? Some of the commercial list hosts have a picture album associated with each list which can be use for such things. If

Re: Math Idol

2005-11-12 Thread Dave Land
On Nov 12, 2005, at 12:58 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: Alberto Monteiro wrote: If the writers of equations had an Academy Awards or a Pullitzer Prize, the finalists might be Maxwell, Euler, Newton, Einstein, and whoever can take credit for 1+1=2. If I had to chose a _mathematical_ equation,

SCOUTED: Natural Nuclear Fission Reactor

2005-11-12 Thread Dave Land
From www.discover.com: It took humans until the 20th century to build a nuclear reactor. Mother Nature, on the other hand, built one that turned itself off and on, stored its waste, never threatened a meltdown —- and did it 2 billion years ago.