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Physics &Science &Video | 21 Jul 2010

Introduction to the Holographic Principle

Inspired by a conversation with a friend, and my growing interest in Erik Verlinde’s entropic construction of gravity, here is a video of Raphael Bousso of UC Berkeley giving a fairly non-technical lecture explaining the holographic principle.  Dr. Bousso does a good job of building up to concepts like Planck length and Schwarzschild radius (a [...]

Physics | 04 Mar 2009

A Clever Energy Saving Idea From The Radio

A couple of days ago the NPR call-in program Talk Of The Nation had a segment on innovation in the troubled economy.  I only caught the end of it, but I heard a caller who was starting a business to help people save money by adding a nifty addition to their home water heating setup.  [...]