… I would go nuts over this useful and beautiful animated world map that shows the wind. Updated every three hours.
Rotate the earth, look at the poles and see the Coriolis force in action, zoom in and out – so fun!
Category Archives: Fun
Some links
Physics and my favorite physicist: The Feynman Lectures on Physics.
“Caltech and The Feynman Lectures Website are pleased to present this online edition of The Feynman Lectures on Physics. Now, anyone with internet access and a web browser can enjoy reading a high-quality up-to-date copy of Feynman’s legendary lectures.”
So far, only the first volume is online, but the other two will hopefully follow soon.
Link via MetaFilter.
A Capella Science is the YouTube Channel of Tim Blais. He published Rolling in the Higgs (Adele Parody) about a year ago and released Bohemian Gravity! today. Recommended if you love physics or music or both. And don’t miss the Einstein puppet!
31 Things “Friends” Taught Us About Life. Complete with 31 animated gifs from the TV series. My favorite is the first one: How to get out of things: “I wish I could help, but I don’t want to.”
10 Fascinating Photos That Look Unbelievably Like Paintings. Link via MetaFilter.
BTW, I found the little star in my archives. Apparently it was all the rage back in 2000…
What does a mathematician have for Thanksgiving dinner?
A Turduckenen-duckenen with mathed potatoes and green bean matherole topped with Borromean onion rings, of course. And π for dessert. At least if you’re Vi Hart, a self-described full-time recreational mathemusician. She’s the daughter of George W. Hart, freelance mathematical sculptor/designer and famous for his geometric sculptures.
And if traditional Thanksgiving food is not your thing, have a Hexaflexamexigon!
Some links via MetaFilter: Potatoes and Math.
I wish I could do experiments like this at school.
MetaFilter: For no other reason other that we thought it would be quite nice:
A scientiest, liquid nitrogen and 1500 table tennis balls (video).
A shorter version without the explanation is here.
Science and music
Today’s Rolling in the Higgs thread on MetaFilter sent me on a tour through Youtube and Vimeo…
Tim Blais aka A Capella Science (Tim explains about it here): Rolling in the Higgs (Adele Parody). Tim also is one half of Cabin Nine, and they cover songs like these: Europe: The Final Countdown (with guitar and cajon!), Amy Winehouse: Rehab.
AstroCappella is a project by The Chromatics: NASA | The Sun Song.
And of course this oldie but goldie: CERN Rap (also on Youtube, lyrics here).