Sort by Gizmodo (Free subscription) - 07/02/2009 - YouTube
Crushing the Earth into a Black Hole and looking into the core of the Milky Way. More at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/
Sort by Gizmodo (Free subscription) - 07/02/2009
Do you know what the hell is the Schwarzschild radius? I didn't have a clue, but now I know that if you compress Earth to an 8mm radius ball, you will get a black hole. My fascination didn't stop there. I've spent all morning mesmerized by these videos—created by a bunch of extremely smart people at the University of Nottingham—which explain the most common symbols in physics and astronomy so any...
Sort by [Geeks are Sexy] (Free subscription) - 07/03/2009
Since the media is covering black holes more frequently, we figured many of you might like to understand more about the phenomenon. Today, we have an absolutely fascinating video explaining the principle behind the Schwarzschild Radius. The Schwarzschild radius (Rs = 2GM/c2) is defined as the size at which a spherical astronomical object has been [...] Related posts: Gadgets Dominate Black Friday (and...
Sort by Futurelawyer (Free subscription) - 07/05/2009
As an after Fourth of July brain teaser, I offer this Idiot's Guide to Black Holes. You know you always wanted to know what they were and where they came from. We may not know how they really form; but,...
Sort by Wilson Graf Consulting (Free subscription) - 07/02/2009
Do you know what the hell is the Schwarzschild radius? I didn't have a clue, but now I know that if you compress Earth to an 8mm radius ball, you will get a black hole. My fascination didn't stop there. I've spent all morning mesmerized by these videos—created by a bunch of extremely smart people at the University of Nottingham—which explain the most common symbols in physics and astronomy so any...
Sort by Fardels Borne (Free subscription) - 07/08/2009
This cool set of short videos from the University of Nottingham provides descriptions of 60 symbols used in physics and astronomy. (Well, almost 60 symbols--they apparently had to stretch a bit, as they included things like Schrödinger's Cat and the human brain.) My favorite constants? Probably the fine-structure constant and the Schwarzchild radius . This same group (mostly) also did a cool set of...
