Re: [FRIAM] NSF 2010 Call for Entries

2010-07-16 Thread Edward Angel
There are all kinds of programs in NSF. You really have to search nsf.gov. Most of the major grants now require some sort of outreach activity. That's what supported the Sys Bio event which was funded by NIH and was the first showing of the winners last year's visualization contest. There is

Re: [FRIAM] NSF 2010 Call for Entries

2010-07-16 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Ed, (and all) is there any point in our trying to assemble a group in Santa Fe ... of people with some experience and/or a high level of motivation ... to browse the nsf.gov together, look for opportunities, and perhaps plan an approach to some program officers with a description of sfx and

[FRIAM] entropic force (was Gravity as an emergent phenomenon)

2010-07-16 Thread glen e. p. ropella
Roger Critchlow wrote circa 10-07-13 09:07 PM: The proposition of entropy causing action at a distance reminded me of a notorious demonstration. A beaker of water and a beaker of sugar dissolved in water are sealed together inside a bell jar. Over time the level of liquid in the beaker of

Re: [FRIAM] entropic force (was Gravity as an emergent phenomenon)

2010-07-16 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Glen, You and Grant are starting to make my poor=old rejected english major's brain spin: I think I have finally seen the point of this whole discussion about gravity. Let it be the case that everything in the universe is in one spot that is low entropy right? And we all agree that the

Re: [FRIAM] entropic force (was Gravity as an emergent phenomenon)

2010-07-16 Thread Vladimyr Ivan Burachynsky
Nick Glen Grant, Another confused old guy, But there was something called Planck's Distance that said that two atoms could not get any closer under normal circumstances without enormous forces yet Bose condensates are literally superimposed indistinguishable atoms albeit identical. From my meager