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The Physics of Time
When writing the Principia Mathematica, Isaac Newton declared his hand on most of the big questions in physics. He outlined the nature of space, explained the motions of the planets and conceived the operation of gravity. He also laid down the law on time declaring:
“Absolute, true, and mathematical time, of itself and from its own nature, flows equably without relation to anything external.”
For Newton time was absolute and set apart from the universe, but with the theories of Albert Einstein time became more complicated; it could be squeezed and distorted and was different in different places.
Time is integral to our experience of things but we find it very difficult to think about. It may not even exist and yet seems written into the existence of absolutely everything.
Contributors:
Jim Al-Khalili, Professor of Theoretical Physics and Chair in the Public Engagement in Science at the University of Surrey
Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at the Open University
Ian Stewart, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20081218.shtml
(sometimes, they pull these shows after a week…but there’s a real audio stream available on their site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/rams/inourtime_20081218.ram)
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The Star by HG Wells
The Star by HG Wells Read by Sir Patrick Stewart BBC Radio 3
Tagged with hg wells science fiction
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The Conversation Episode 16: iValve
Dan Benjamin talks with Gabe Newell and Jason Mitchell of Valve and John Siracusa of Ars Technica about Steam for the Mac, embracing customers and modders, building cross-platform games, release schedules, and how Valve is approaching developing games for the Mac community.
This is an especially geeky episode.
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e-Learning Stuff Podcast #013: To iPhone or not to iPhone that is the question
Following a blog post from Lilian Soon and David Sugden receiving his new iPhone; James and David discuss the iPhone and how they both feel about the device.
This is the thirteenth e-Learning Stuff Podcast, To iPhone or not to iPhone that is the question.
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FLOSS 51 - cURL
Tagged with opensource
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FLOSS Weekly 11: Guido van Rossum
Guido van Rossum, creator of Python, talks about language design, favorite Python projects, and the future of Python.
Tagged with open source podcast python development programming
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Programmers Are the New Creatives
Programming has long been the domain of logic and order, but with the ubiquity of programming languages in our lives and the growth in tools to help you code, there has come a newfound ability for self-expression and creativity through code.
Cameron Adams will be exploring the creative aspects of coding and how it relates to design and art. With a focus on visual and interactive design, Cameron will look at the many ways in which you can stay creative with code of all sorts — JavaScript, Processing (Java), HTML, CSS, ActionScript, even BASIC — and put the fun back into the technologies you work with everyday.
http://www.webstock.org.nz/talks/speakers/cameron-adams/programmers-are-new-creatives/
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Test Driven Development, Patterns and Extreme Programming
Relating anecdotes from the past, Kent Beck, the father of Extreme Programming and JUnit, reflects back on the impact his ideas have had in the last 20 years, especially with respect to the history of Test Driven Development (TDD), Design Patterns, and Extreme Programming (XP). According to him, good ideas take about that much time to mature and come to fruition.
He regrets how patterns have become a tool in the arsenal of the software developer to solve a programming problem whereas he intended it to be one that would create more space for the user who was to be affected by the software. Reminiscing about the birth of patterns, he draws analogies between architecture in general and software architecture.
Finally he discusses the factors that affect the successful acceptance of an idea.
Tagged with tdd extreme programming design patterns
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Dave Thomas
Tagged with ruby programming
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