Wednesday, February 10, 2010

A Wegie Simulator Game

snows flying


analyzed by microscopy snowflakes appear in their wonderful and unique crystalline forms. Absolutely unique because, we know from childhood, there is a snowflake like any other. The snow is formed by the solidification of the vapor cloud at low temperatures. A certain relationship between the number of branches of the crystal and the temperature has been demonstrated the laboratory but the physical principle by which this process occurs is still a mystery. Among
the first to put forward a theory on the design of symmetrical snow crystals was Johannes Kepler in a short treatise written in 1611. Then Descartes tried to categorize many different forms of crystals in an essay on meteorology, but it is only with the invention of photography in 1931, the meticulous work of Wilson Bentley was able, through thousands of images collected, to uphold the concept that there is no snowflake the same as another.

Curated by Kenneth Libbrecht, a physicist at the California Institute of Technology, one of the best photo galleries on the snow crystals, by clicking here .

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

What Is A Good Shampoo For Scalp

symmetry


will happen many of us to remain with the nose in the air to observe the spectacular flocks of birds circling in the summer skies of our cities. Training flight taking shape shifting but always recognizable as a single design. The secret of a creation so complex is in synchronization. Each bird lays its flight training in relation to the position of his companions around him, forming a geometry similar to that of a network in motion.
individual spontaneous behavior but ordered in connection with the neighbor, which generates the shape and the power of a single set.
synchronization spontaneous nature is the mother of new biological and physical energy, as powerful as the flow of photons a laser beam, as vital as the rhythm of the heart cells, because the magic of thousands of fireflies flash in unison on mhe-kong.

Steven Strogatz, professor of mathematics and science of complexity, is the author of a fascinating text on the "Briefcase" (Rizzoli 2003).

For those interested in playing with the visual simulation of a flock changing the technical parameters of each pilot as the viewing angle and distance, the University of Catania placed online a flight simulator .

The picture shows a flock of ducks in South Korea.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Ladies Who Still Wear Stockings

Network Computer Hellenistic Antikythera

In the first century BC, a Roman ship sunk in the sea of \u200b\u200bGreece, his treasure, the products of trade between ancient Greece and Rome, was unearthed in 1900 by an underwater archaeological expedition after the accidental discovery by some fishermen. Among the finds a mysterious object consisting of a cluster of bronze rather corroded. After a decade of studies are beginning to understand the mechanism used to wonder with astronomical calculations, but more recent investigations using advanced imaging technologies have revealed a lot more and almost entirely possible to reconstruct its mode of operation. The Antikythera Calculator (after the location where it was found) was used to calculate the lunar and solar eclipses for the years to come, reproduces extremely precise movements of the moon and planets and remembered the dates of public events like the Olympics. The ancient Greek astronomers, based on observations of the sky made by the Babylonians, were able to develop an advanced astronomical science mathematician who had subsequently been applied in a highly sophisticated device for calculating mechanical gears. Before you see a review unit of similar complexity in any other civilization will have to go more than a thousand years. If this object was not found no one could suspect that the computer was invented two thousand years ago probably from parts of Alexandria.

To learn how to have taken place in recent surveys that have used cutting-edge CT scanner, I suggest you read the artcolo published in "The Science" in February 2010. The whole history of the discovery will also be the subject of a movie.

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FROGS RAIN FROM THE SKY - THE CINEMA OF PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON

PIOVONO RANE DAL CIELO - IL CINEMA DI PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON di Diego Mondella


Author : Diego Mondella


Publisher:
Edizioni Il Foglio, Piombino, 2008


Collection: Cinema


Pages: 228


Format : 15x21


Price: € 15


Language: Italian

Index:

Preface by Antonio Monda


Introduction
The
Maverick: unpredictable as life


Hard Eight
In the beginning was the Father ...



Boogie Nights Sex, drugs and videotape ...


Magnolia
The eternal return ...


Punch-Drunk Love
Love Stone ...


There Will Be Blood
In the Name of God money


Filmography


Bibliography



Acknowledgements The author

Five films are sufficient to provide viewers and a critical insight into the vision of a cinema any director? The answer is yes, only if the director is not an issue in any but Paul Thomas Anderson, as defined in no uncertain terms by the author of the book the film-maker of the most talented contemporary American cinema. From this concept, Fabio Zanello, director of the series of films de The Literary Gazette, do not miss the opportunity to converge the first word on an author who still has a lot to say, and "write" the young and able Diego Mondella to pack a book on the director of Will Be Blood and Magnolia . The author's choice is immediately radical, especially when seen in conjunction with the short filmography Anderson: to prefer a chronological dissertation, analyzing the career film after film, with a cross-sectional study on the issues and urgencies of the director requires a capacity for analysis out of the ordinary film. Why do a thorough job with so little material available (again, only five films), is to see, review, review, cut and fold the individual works of Anderson from all points of view, with the risk of becoming overly stringent and long-winded . And maybe the mistake of Mondella Diego, the only likely, it is this choice a priori. Since its author has, however, the ability to sink your hands in the five hundred years of American history, finding parallels that exceed the boundaries of cinema and neighbors come to literature, television, art and popular culture tout court. On the one hand there is so little attachment to the 'too difficult for some diegetic holds the other, the need to anchor their theories in a solid foundation and irrefutable. With these pro and those against the book becomes an excellent guide for anyone wishing to deepen themes and language of Paul Thomas Anderson at the end of each vision, but perhaps a cumbersome job if considered in its entirety.
But who said that the monographs are meant to be read all in one go, from cover to cover? Perhaps it is better to keep them in the library and (re) all'abbisogna them out.

Michelangelo Pasini