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----- Original Message ----- Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 5:10 PM Subject: Fwd: (2) A Scientific Revolution has Arrived! - (was) Re: Mohon masukan | ----- Original Message ----- | Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 10:08 PM | Subject: Re: Fwd: A Scientific Revolution has Arrived! - (was) Re: Mohon masukan | | Saya memerlukan informasi isu-isu terkini tentang | pemikiran/teori kontemporer, kontroversial, | yang berhubungan dengan iptek masa depan, sains | pada umumnya dan khususnya di bidang fisika. | | Sementara memang saya masih perlu tambahan | rujukan dalam bahasa Inggris. | | Jangan bosan, karena saya sangat berharap | masukan-masukan tersebut   -- A varying speed of light contradicts Einstein's theory of relativity,  and would undermine much of traditional physics. It might also support string theories that predict extra spatial dimensions.   A University of Toronto professor believes that one of the most sacrosanct rules of 20th-century science -- that the speed of light has always been the same - is wrong.   The theory that the speed of light is always constant has come under fire.   NASA launches satellite to probe space-time. Mission scientists hope they will not only have proof about Einstein's theory, but a precise number for calibrating the effect.   If Einstein wasn't right?   "Well, at this point people would be very surprised if it finds something seriously unexpected," said Princeton University physicist Joseph H. Taylor. "In fact, it would be so surprising it probably wouldn't be believed." "But the important point is that, in the end, our understanding of nature has to rest on experimental proofs, and that's what this is," Taylor continued. The so-called fundamental physical constants might not be so constant after all -- the inconstant constants.   Resources/related: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]   March 21, 2004   Professor gives A&M audience physics lesson   The mystery equation that could explain all creation may be only an inch long when written out -- but it�s simply too complicated for any human to decipher, a renowned physics expert told a crowd of hundreds at Texas A&M University on Saturday.   It is a still-undiscovered equation that, theoretically, would unify the four fundamental forces in the universe: gravity, electromagnetic, weak nuclear and strong nuclear. Such an equation could allow scientists to explore what led up to the Big Bang -- which many believe was the birth of the universe -- how it occurred, and where it took place.   Nevertheless, theoretical physics professor Michio Kaku from the City University of New York continues to work on Albert Einstein�s quest to find a "theory of everything."   Though Kaku said the complex but short "theory of everything" was nearly impossible to come up with, he did give aspiring physicists in the audience some hope. Resources:  [1] [2] Time Travel Mallet, a professor of theoretical physics at Connecticut University, believes he has found a route to the past that uses something much more down to earth: light. Mallet has worked out that a circulating beam of light slowed to a snail's pace, just might be the vital ingredient for time travel. Not only is the technology within our grasp, Mallet has teamed up with other scientist at Connecticut to work towards building it; "time travel become a practical possibility". But to know for sure, we need a theory of quantum gravity, a theory that merges quantum theory with relativity. Resources/related:  [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Parallel Universes Tony Hall: Does string theory incorporate number theory in its structure? Dr Michio Kaku: String theory has gobbled up many branches of Mathematics which has astounded mathematicians. However, there is one branch of Mathematics that seems beyond the reach of string theory which is number theory. Resources/related: [1] [2] [3] [4]   One of the hallmarks of the true Theory Of Everything, once it arrives, is that it shows the origin of our natural constants in clear physical terms.    - A Scientific Revolution has Arrived! - Resources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]   --   It is all mathematics, everywhere we look around us. Whether we see it or not, usually hidden by a different language, the mathematics is there.   Though the structures and patterns of mathematics reflect the structure of, and resonate in, the human mind every bit as much as do the structures and patterns of music, human beings..   - The Language Of Mathematics Making the Invisible Visible - Resources/related: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]   -- A New Formula for Pi  [School of Computer Science/Carnegie Mellon University]   One of the charms of mathematics is that it is possible to make  elementary discoveries about objects that have been studied for millenia.    A most striking example occurred recently when David Bailey of NASA/Ames and Peter Borwein and Simon Plouffe of the Centre for Experimental and Computational Mathematics at Simon Fraser University (henceforth, BBP) discovered a remarkable, and remarkably simple new formula for Pi.   The discoverers sought such a formula because they were aware that it could be used to compute the nth digit of Pi (in base 16), without computing any prior digits. This goes completely against conventional wisdom, and totally eliminates high-precision requirements from a computation of, say, the billionth hexadecimal digit! The big question now is whether such a method exists for the base-10 digits of Pi.   Resources/related: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]   Related links [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28]   10101110011101101010111110101101111011110011001001001001001001 10101110011001001011011101111110100010001100100100100111010110 10101111000111101111110110110011100010110101000010111101001001   <><><>       ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 11:00 PM Subject: Free Bandwidth's Day Salam Sejahtera.   Universitas Paramadina akan menyelenggarakan Asig! (Akses Internet Gratis) untuk umum, pada tanggal 24-25 Juli 2004, jam 09.00 - 20.00 WIB bertempat di Kampus Universitas Paramadina. Acara ini diselenggarakan oleh seluruh mahasiswa Teknik Informatika Universitas Paramadina bekerja sama dengan Indonesia Internet Exchange.   Pada acara ini para peserta yang telah mendaftar dapat mengakses internet secara gratis via PC maupun via Piranti Nirkabel (Wireless Devices). Selain itu bagi para peserta akan diadakan beberapa workshop tentang internet, mulai dari pengenalan dunia internet secara umum sampai tutorial pembuatan personal website. Acara ini juga dimeriahkan dengan adanya bazaar mahasiswa Paramadina. Bagi peserta yang beruntung, dapatkan gratis Papa Ron's Pizza.   Untuk dapat menjadi peserta pada acara ini anda tidak dipungut biaya sepeser rupiah pun, namun ada suatu keharusan untuk mendaftar/registrasi terlebih dahulu.   Pendaftaran dibuka mulai tanggal 24 Juni sampai dengan tanggal 20 Juli 2004. Jadi, jangan lewatkan kesempatan ini. Daftarkan diri anda untuk Asig! 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