Posts Tagged Science
Geek Blog – Happy Birthday, Professor Hawking
Happy Birthday to one of the greatest minds of our times, Professor Stephen Hawking. He was born on this day in 1942. 2010 marks his 68th birthday.
**This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that “NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted“. **
-SnowytheGeek [via Wikipedia]
Geek Blog – Symphony of Science 4
The fourth video in the awesome series Symphony of Science brings us clips from Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, David Attenborough’s Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life, The Life of Mammals, The Living Planet, BBC Life, XVIVO Scientific Animations, IMAX Cosmic Voyage, Jane Goodall’s TED Talk, and a clever Guiness Commercial. The theme of this video is our planet’s amazing diversity and is called The Unbroken Thread.
-SnowytheGeek [via YT]
Geek Blog – More Science, Music and Metaphysics
A few weeks ago, I posted about the Symphony of Science, mellow techno remixes using Physicist lectures as lyrics, Carl Sagan in particular. Here’s a new installment in the series: Our Place in the Cosmos.
Big thanks again to youtube user melodysheep. More info (including MP3 format and lyrics can be found at The Symphony of Science.
-SnowytheGeek [via YouTube]
Geek Blog – Science, Music and Metaphysics
Take a moment and think about the Universe. I’ll let these videos speak for themselves.
A Glorious Dawn, featuring Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking
We Are All Connected featuring Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Bill Nye, Neil degrasse Tyson
Big thanks to youtube user melodysheep. More info (including MP3 format and lyrics can be found at The Symphony of Science.
-SnowytheGeek [via YouTube]
Geek Blog – TMBG New Music Video
BoingBoing debuted yesterday a new educational music video by my favorite band in the whole world, They Might Be Giants. Titled “Meet the Elements”, the video is a tribute the the periodic table and how elements combine to make everyday items, elephants and us!
TMBG have been orienting their music around educational topics for as long as I can remember. Hits that top my favorites list are (with video after the break):
Why does the sun shine? (The sun is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace…)
Mammal
James K. Polk (Our 11th president!)
Dinner Bell
There’s Only One Everything (there’s only 1)
and many others!
Geek Blog – Flatlanders and the 10th Dimension
Monday post…. it’s lunchtime, and I still don’t have enough caffeine.
Today, we’ll explore the concept of other dimensions; up through the 10th dimension, in fact. But in order to even begin to wrap our minds around this extra-dimensional concept, we need to first step down. We’ll start with a trip into the minds of an inhabitant of the 2nd dimension, a Flatlander. Pause, take a deep breath and let Carl Sagan explain (with more after the jump):