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Negative Time
Negative Time is a concept that has arose in quantum mechanics as the possibility that time may not be entirely linear, Mathematics suggest that time can have both a positive and a negative value — that it can move both […]
Continue ReadingThe Effect of Competition On Speciation in the Human Lineage
Our species of humans — homo sapiens —are one of only about 20 discovered hominin species within our genus over our entire history. What is more, for the majority of our 300,000 years-or-so of our existence on this planet, we […]
Continue ReadingThe Cosmological Constant and Dark Energy
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Orders of Magnitude
The Order of Magnitude of a number is an approximation of its logarithm. Simply put, the order of magnitude tells us the scale of a number. Whether it is in the tens, hundreds, thousands, millions, and so on, or in […]
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Hulse-Taylor Binary [PSR B1913+16]
The Hulse-Taylor Binary is a pair of neutron stars in the region of the Aquila constellation as viewed from Earth. Even though the neutron stars of the Hulse-Taylor Binary orbit one another at a distance about 30% greater than the […]
Continue ReadingQuantum Field Theory
In QFT all particles are considered as “excitations” that form from the underlying fields of physical reality. In essence, particles — the base “material” of physical reality — emerge from a nonphysical source. Paul Dirac, a British mathematician and physicist, […]
Continue ReadingPrajapati
Prajapati is ancient Vedic deity who appears in the younger layers of the Vedas. Prajapati translates as something along the lines of “Lord of creation”, “Lord of people”, or “Lord of all born beings” in Vedic Sanskrit. Prajapati is a […]
Continue ReadingCharacter Codes for Special HTML Characters — Unicode, HTML, Hexadecimal
This is a reference sheet for character and character with accent, codes in HTML, Unicode, and Hexadecimal. (I am building it as I need them, so it will take some time to complete.) Character Name HTML Identity Unicode Hexadecimal References […]
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Dimensional Analysis
Continue ReadingResistors In Series
When a circuit has resistors connected in series (each resistor connected in line from one to the next) the total resistance is equal to the sum of each individual resistance. \[ R_{total} = R_1 + R_2 + R_3 + \cdot […]
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