by Eric Bogatin | Jun 15, 2011 | Inspiration, Life 201
Sometimes it doesn’t matter if an urban legend is true or not if it sounds cute. This possibly made up story was reported here, and has made its way around the web multiple times. If you’re a geek, it’s worth a quick read. Dr. Schambaugh, of the University of Oklahoma...
by Eric Bogatin | Jun 14, 2011 | Inspiration, Life 201
Somewhere along my travels, I heard the following story that captures the essence of what drives a writer. A writer dies and ends up with St Peter at the pearly gates. He tells the writer, “You have the special chance of deciding on where you want to end up, heaven or...
by Eric Bogatin | Jun 14, 2011 | Inspiration
On May 20, 2009, Prof Patricia Burchat, the Chair of the Department of Physics at Stanford University, presented the last lecture in the 10th season of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures. She gave what I have found to be the best demonstration of gravitational...
by Eric Bogatin | Jun 13, 2011 | Inspiration
The Hubble Constant, which describes the velocity-distance relationship for galaxies, is the foundation of modern cosmology. It establishes the time and distance scale of the universe and the dynamic nature of the galaxies since the beginning of time. It is all the...
by Eric Bogatin | Jun 13, 2011 | Inspiration
Harrison Schmitt, the last man to walk on the moon, spoke to a full house at the Linda Hall Library on Sept 2, 2009, as part of the “To the Moon and to the Planets Beyond” lecture series. Schmitt left the moon on December 14, 1972 as part of the Apollo 17 mission. He...
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