Category Books
Making Sense of Life
It was found that about 98% of atoms currently in your body will not be there in 1 year. Over the course of 5 years, nearly all atoms will be different. What that means is that physical matter is there only to support the structure of energy. We are really pure energy. Replace bridge with […]
Malleus Maleficarum: Witchcraft through the Ages
Another interesting book presentation by Mütter Museum. What is described in it was only yesterday. And can we be confident that humans are any better today? Do not humans seek manifestation of demons in others to vilify entire groups of people? How many wars and holocausts based on similar prejudices have humans witnessed in the […]
There is energy and there are magnetic fields! And there is nothing else!
Two quotes from Yulian Semyonov ‘No password needed’ novel You touch me with your finger and you feel me, but what do you feel me with and what do you feel? Skin on the finger with which you touch me is made from atoms, but an atom is made from a core around which in […]
On Life, Natural Selection, Evolution, Creation, and other topics
After reading a book by Erwin Schrodinger ‘What Is Life? Mind and Matter’ I made and shared several intentionally controversial comments, one in particular was about Darwin’s Natural Selection which I called nonsense. Result of that was a conversation with someone who argued in favor of it and of God. See for yourself. But first, […]
Robotics and the Myths of Autonomy
The following are the notes I took from reading the book by David A. Mindell ‘Our Robots, Ourselves, Robotics and the Myths of Autonomy’. This is a must-read book for every roboticist. Ideas and wisdom in the book are especially important for the engineers working on autonomous or self-driving cars. Are they solving the right […]
The Computing Universe: A Journey through a Revolution
Tony Hey presented his book ‘The Computing Universe: A Journey Through a Revolution’ at Microsoft research. Below are some quotes and notes. Very interesting stories and thoughts. The Computing Universe: A Journey through a Revolution Tony Hey – 2015 http://research.microsoft.com/apps/video/default.aspx?id=249692 Computers now impact almost every aspect of our lives, from our social interactions to the […]
The Character of Physical Law – Richard Feynman
The following are notes I took while reading the lectures. 1 The Law of Gravitation, an example of Physical Law But people had seen in telescopes Jupiter’s satellites going around Jupiter, and it looked like a little solar system, as if the satellites were attracted to Jupiter. The moon is attracted to the earth and […]
My picks, 25
These are the articles and videos from the previous week I found most interesting. Swift Catches Mega Flares from a Mini Star Next Big Thing – Wearables that are changing lives Swimming with Snakes: Biologist Marion Pullman One of Nature’s Most Amazing Sights To create for the ages, let’s combine art and engineering Stories of […]
A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas
This article is a quick review of a talk by Warren Berger at Microsoft Research where he presented his book: A More Beautiful Question. The book is about unlocking your inner secrets and ridding of fears to help us innovate by asking a lot of questions. I have not read the book yet, but after […]
Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
This short post is a reference to the book by Max Tegmark and a link to his talk at Microsoft Research. Max Tegmark leads us on an astonishing journey through past, present and future, and through the physics, astronomy and mathematics that are the foundation of his work, most particularly his hypothesis that our physical […]
Alan Tatourian 