I recently read William Gilbert’s renaissance masterpiece “On the Lodestone”, and found his work to be extremely intriguing. Gilbert lived at the dawn of the scientific era, from 1544-1603, predating Francis Bacon – originator of the modern scientific method – by about 20 years. He
Quantum mechanics is viewed by Objectivism with disdain and discredit for lacking an objective philosophical basis. The standard “Copenhagen Interpretation” of quantum mechanics states that the uncertainty principle is an absolute feature of reality. The uncertainty principle states that one cannot simultaneously determine the momentum
I run an astronomy course for homeschooled children of elementary and middle school ages.Last night’s session wasmy lecture entitled “Distance and Time”, dealing with the rather fascinating fact that in astronomy we are always observing events in the past. Although most educated adults “understand” this