Recent content by Omnie

The first talk (i.e. the latest talk) it looks like Jenann Ismael.

Indeed it is. I've been very lucky to have an in at PI. It's a great place to work and the people who come through are amazing. It's opened a lot of doors. Same with the IQC. Having both so close to campus is excellent. Especially since I want to do theoretical work, I can interact with the best...

Right off the bat, let me state I'm at the University of Waterloo and have spent a bunch of time at PI so I know quite a bit about PIRSA and use it all the time. As for what angle, I've taken philosophy of science (with Doreen Fraser I might add) and have dabbled into interpretations of...

I'm surprised more people don't know about PIRSA. It's a great resource and virtually all talks at PI are on there. Will the book be at at a more technical level? Or is it more directed towards popular science? I'll definitely be checking out their talk now. Also, I know Rob Spekkens is...

They are indeed. http://pirsa.org/C10001" EDIT: You might want to add this to the original post for interested readers.

Yah, that's exactly the reasoning I used to get an answer of (l/2)(1 - (m)/(2(M+m)). I'll try to recheck my answer again to see if I've made any mistake. Thanks for the help. If anyone else has any suggestions I'd love to hear them.

Board on Ice 1. A person of mass M is standing at one end of a board of mass m and length l. The board rests upon a frictionless ice surface and it's mass is uniformly distributed along its length. Calculate how far from the person, d, the centre of mass is of the system. The person then walks...