Nerdy stuff Ping f…ing Pong 24 Sep 201916 Sep 2019 Look at this video, please do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxRXbV7KrRw I could never move around like this, of course, but I did play well enough to disassemble my joints with the help of…
Stream of consciousness Remember a piece of history 12 Sep 20194 Sep 2019 The very first photograph of a solar eclipse: From the source: Johann Julius Friedrich Berkowski made the first solar eclipse photograph on July 28, 1851, also using the daguerrotype process,…
Stream of consciousness From whence came you, stranger? 8 Sep 20195 Sep 2019 It is curious to realize that wet sand will keep footprints in it, while dry sand won't. I wonder whether it is as simple as a question of friction. Then,…
Science Storytelling Photographing the sunset 7 Sep 20195 Aug 2019 There are moments you treasure for the rest of your life. When I sat there the other day, at that little place I once facetiously called the least spectacular beach…
Nerdy stuff What does it take to geek out about…two sticks and a loose connection between them? 20 Aug 201919 Aug 2019 Ah, the double pendulum. Nowadays, with science becoming a bigger and bigger thing, at least in our neck of the woods, these things become rather prevalent in science centers. Why?…
Stream of consciousness Bird in flight 18 Aug 20197 Aug 2019 Why do I think of SUVAT equations now? © 2019 Alexander Biebricher All Rights Reserved.
Stream of consciousness Wave colors, wave breaking 11 Aug 201910 Aug 2019 A simple image of an ocean wave breaking on a beach. Good. Waves are a physical phenomenon which occurs wherever oscillations move about. They can be electromagnetic such as light,…
Science Storytelling Blue water, blue sky 3 Aug 201924 Jun 2019 Living close to Norway’s longest, finest beach does have its perks. For one, I can stand in the water, hands in the pockets of my khaki shorts, pondering life, the…
Stream of consciousness The art of science 16 Jun 201916 Jun 2019 This sculpture is called "Triangel". You can find it in one of Oslo, Norway's art-themed parks, the Wigeland installation at Frogner Park. I'm sorry. I really am. There is a…
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