Wes Phillips Einstein Was Wrong Wes Phillips Nov 30, 2005 First Published: Nov 30, 2005 0 comments No, not when he said that there was a cosmological constant in his expanding universe calculation, but later when he took it back. Continue Reading »
Wes Phillips What Do an Oscilloscope Do? Wes Phillips Nov 29, 2005 First Published: Nov 29, 2005 0 comments And how do you do that voodoo it do so well? Continue Reading »
Wes Phillips At Last, My Instrument Is Taken Seriously Wes Phillips Nov 29, 2005 First Published: Nov 29, 2005 0 comments Air guitar—the next generation! Continue Reading »
Wes Phillips A Sense of Scale Wes Phillips Nov 29, 2005 First Published: Nov 29, 2005 0 comments Ever gotten confused by the difference between one fermi and the diameter of the nucleus of a gold atom? This puts it all in perspective. Continue Reading »
Wes Phillips I'm No Physicist . . . Wes Phillips Nov 29, 2005 First Published: Nov 29, 2005 0 comments . . . but I've read enough comic books to know you shouldn't go mixing matter and antimatter. However, that's exactly what these guys have done in producing positronium. Continue Reading »
Wes Phillips The Rules of Random Wes Phillips Nov 29, 2005 First Published: Nov 29, 2005 0 comments Randomness has rules? Counterintuitive as it is, it makes sense. Continue Reading »
Wes Phillips Escherization Wes Phillips Nov 29, 2005 First Published: Nov 29, 2005 0 comments An algorithm that can turn any image into an Escher illustration. Continue Reading »
Wes Phillips Breakthrough for Quantum Measurement Wes Phillips Nov 29, 2005 First Published: Nov 29, 2005 0 comments Two teams of physicists have measured the capacitance of a Josephson junction for the first time. Continue Reading »
Wes Phillips Cooking for Engineers Wes Phillips Nov 28, 2005 First Published: Nov 28, 2005 0 comments Cooking for geeks. My kind of place. Continue Reading »
Wes Phillips Is Seeing Believing? Wes Phillips Nov 28, 2005 First Published: Nov 28, 2005 0 comments Heck no! Continue Reading »