How many universes are necessary for an ice cream to melt? Asks Professor Milan M. Ćirković [pictured] of the Astronomical Observatory Belgrade, Serbia, in the Serbian Astronomical Journal, Vol. 166, page 55-59. His paper considers the possibilities of other universes where a soft ice cream, left to its own devices, might be generally more likely […]
Tag: cosmology
A blueprint for (almost) everything
Physicists, philosophers and artists who have been struggling to understand the intricacies, enigmas and counterintuitivenesses of the structure of the universe now have a new resource which might help them – a ‘Useable Electromagnetic Blueprint of the Structure of Space’. For which a company called Hyperspace Pty Ltd (headed by inventor Christopher Heyring of Eagle […]
Mr. Hinkley’s universe
Mr. Robert Hinkley sent us a letter. In the spirit of exploration, we searched the universe (or a portion thereof) and discovered copies of similar letters. One was published recently in The Daily Review, in Mr. Hinkley’s home town, Towanda, Pennsylvania, USA. Gene Weingarten of the Washington Post received a similar letter from Mr. Hinkley […]
Limited life of the solar system
In his study called “Limited Lifetime of the Solar System” [AIR 15:5], Steve Trimburger says: With the loss of Pluto, the number of major planets in our solar system has dropped to eight. If the current trend continues, then come April 13, 3703 the solar system will no longer have any major planets. My analysis […]
An expanding universe of argument
Astronomer (and AIR editorial board member) Robert Kirshner wrote a reply to Robert P. Crease’s January 5, 2010 Physics World essay “Priority Battles” [to read “Priority Battles”, go to the Physics World site and register — their registration is free]: CREASE’s opening words: “As a philosopher of science, I love priority disputes. They invite one […]