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The physics of the 2015 Supertide in Western Europe

By Bryan 22 March 2015 news, philosophy of physics
The physics of the 2015 Supertide in Western Europe

The causes of tides The tides are caused by two things. The moon’s gravitational force pulling on the oceans. The sun’s gravitational force pulling on the oceans. An eclipse does not…

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Reasons to love the "Dark Energy Task Force"

By Bryan 12 March 2010 news, philosophy of physics

It’s official: the words ‘dark,’ ‘energy,’ ‘task,’ and ‘force’ have all been used in the title of a single scientific paper. The “Report of the Dark Energy Task Force” is…

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Rescher Prize for Contributions to Systematic Philosophy

By Bryan 24 February 2010 news

Photo Credit: John D. Norton The University of Pittsburgh has announced the establishment of the Nicholas Rescher Prize for Contributions to Systematic Philosophy. The details: Rescher Prize gold medal for…

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Springer Publishes Crank ‘Proofs’

By Bryan 9 July 2009 mathematics, news

crank, n. A pejorative term for a person who holds a belief that a vast majority of their contemporaries consider false. A “cranky” belief is so wildly at variance with…

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Penrose in Pittsburgh

By Bryan 16 June 2009 news, philosophy of physics

Roger Penrose came to Pittsburgh on Friday, presenting his new picture of cosmology. It was my first time seeing a Penrose presentation, and I was delighted to find it filled…

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