Tag: physics
From the Edge of the Universe to the Inside of a Proton
"But we should count ourselves lucky; there have not always been 62 orders of magnitude of universe to explore, and there won’t always be. As Scharf explained, 'If you turn the clock back far enough to the Big Bang, obviously there was a time when the number of scales that were causally connected were fewer, … Continue reading From the Edge of the Universe to the Inside of a Proton
The Cookbooks of Nathan Myhrvold
"If you are not passionate, a 2640-page cookbook [Amazon cost: ~$500] is not for you... ...I ask Myhrvold for a simple example of how the knowledge of cooking he has developed might help ordinary home cooking. 'If you have a steak that is twice as thick as the one you cooked the last time,' he asks … Continue reading The Cookbooks of Nathan Myhrvold
