Recent content by Olaf.of.Ísland

Great link, thanks. This is the first time I have seen him talk "real-time." It seems I will have to check out Surely Your're Joking as well.

I just started reading The Character of Physical Law and I have to say I got goose bumps from some of the things I have read. I would like to share a few lines that I am sure a lot of you have either heard or read yourself and maybe you too can share your first experience with this fellow...

Actually, that helps a lot. I have always had this "thing" about imaginary numbers. What a terrible naming convention.

Yes, good example. I have seen this with helicopters as well. So, I'm wondering if this concept of focal period is analogous to what primal schemer was saying about TV cameras. If our focal period is slightly higher than the speed of the tire then we get this backward effect. But, if the same...

Riiiight, so, aside from the new LED technology . . . :biggrin: I just spun the tire on my mountain bike about a dozen times in the kitchen and I am not getting the wanted result. I went outside and rode the bike as well, this produced nothing but skeptical neighbors. If I remember...

Good question. I believe I can account for it happening in both situations.

Someone asked me this and I have pondered the same question for some time. I combed the net and came up with nothing. I don't even know what the concept is called or what it would fall under. I know the "illusion" only occurs at certain speeds sort of like resonant frequencies. It kills me...

Yes, that should do the trick.

This is probably little or no help at all but according to the "Best Graduate Schools" of 2000 (Yes, I know laugh now) from US NEWS the top physics graduate schools are as follows: 1. CAL Tech 1. Stanford 3. Harvard 3. MIT 3. Princeton 3. Berkeley 7. Cornell 7. U of Chicago 9. U of Illinois...

Close, it may be easier to notice that gamma = (earth time) / (spaceship time) So, gamma = 2 in your case. Should be easy from here . . .

Is there anyone here studying chaos in graduate school? I have read a little on the subject and find it interesting. I cannot however, find many graduate schools offering studies in this field. (I know of only two, University of Maryland and Cornell) Also, what kind of real world applications...

If I remember correctly, you will want to use the relativistic equation for gamma and not the approximation for speeds much lower than the speed of light. So, gamma = 1/(sqrt(1-(v^2/c^2))) Otherwise, using the aproximation will yeild a speed faster than the speed of light which is not possible.