March 14, 2010
Oggi è il giorno del pi greco. 14 marzo ∼ 3,14.
Si festeggia all’1:59 (del pomeriggio, dice wikipedia): 3,14159.

Oggi è il giorno del pi greco. 14 marzo ∼ 3,14.

Si festeggia all’1:59 (del pomeriggio, dice wikipedia): 3,14159.

March 11, 2010

aubreymcfato:emilator:

Ok Go - This Too Shall Pass - Rube Goldberg Machine version

Il video gira pure su facebook da qualche giorno. Io l’ho visto da un’amico che aveva letto un buzz di Terry Tao, un tizio che ha vinto la medaglia Fields nel 2006. Il buzz dice così:

Suppose one needs to accomplish n tasks. These tasks can be done in any order, but each require a unit of time to perform. Also, each task i has an independent failure probability p_i, and if any one of the tasks fail, one has to immediately start over and do all the tasks again. What is the optimal strategy to minimise the amount of time required to accomplish all n tasks?

It is intuitively plausible (and a good exercise to rigorously show) that the optimal strategy is to arrange the tasks in decreasing order of failure, i.e. to do the most risky task first. This is a typical example of a rearrangement inequality , of which Chebyshev’s sum inequality is perhaps the most well-known.

This inequality was used when creating the following Rube Goldberg video below (which required 60 takes over 2 days - but most takes failed after just 30 seconds).

Se vi andate a leggere l’originale trovate altri commenti interessanti. Questa è la principale differenza tra un matematico (più in generale, uno scienziato) e uno che non lo è. Uno dice “Wow, ma come funziona?”, l’altro solo “Wow!”. Poi ci sono gli estremi, cioè quelli che riescono a darsi delle risposte corrette, e purtroppo anche quelli che neanche il “Wow!”

March 10, 2010
eriatarka:un:(via proofmathisbeautiful:constantflux):


(by  xkcd)
omg stfu

eriatarka:un:(via proofmathisbeautiful:constantflux):

(by  xkcd)

omg stfu

March 9, 2010
mumblemumblr:

FAIL Blog: Epic Fail Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments

mumblemumblr:

FAIL Blog: Epic Fail Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments

March 5, 2010
phonkmeister:

Tesla: Master of Lightning (Un lungo pezzo pieno di immagini su Nikola Tesla.)

phonkmeister:

Tesla: Master of Lightning (Un lungo pezzo pieno di immagini su Nikola Tesla.)

March 4, 2010
ilgobbomalefico:particularly:

A material that can be squirted into broken bones, where it hardens within minutes, has been developed by UK scientists. The toothpaste-like substance forms a biodegradeable scaffold over which the body’s own bone grows. via ‘Injectable bone’ created by scientist to help fractures | Curious? Read

ilgobbomalefico:particularly:

A material that can be squirted into broken bones, where it hardens within minutes, has been developed by UK scientists. The toothpaste-like substance forms a biodegradeable scaffold over which the body’s own bone grows. via ‘Injectable bone’ created by scientist to help fractures | Curious? Read

March 3, 2010
lollodj:

gravitazero:freshphotons:
The space ship Enterprise NCC-1701D of Star Trek was fabricated in one-billionth scale by 30 kV Ga+ focused-ion- beam CVD using phenanthrene gas. Length 8.8 µm. Via
Un micrometro equivale a 0,000 001 metri!

lollodj:

gravitazero:freshphotons:

The space ship Enterprise NCC-1701D of Star Trek was fabricated in one-billionth scale by 30 kV Ga+ focused-ion- beam CVD using phenanthrene gas. Length 8.8 µm. Via

Un micrometro equivale a 0,000 001 metri!

March 2, 2010

scipsy:

Shockwave traffic jams recreated for first time

wow

March 2, 2010
aspettandoellis:jayparkinsonmd:


Sam Loman

aspettandoellis:jayparkinsonmd:

Sam Loman

March 1, 2010
(via internetflaneur)

(via internetflaneur)

February 24, 2010
bringmethathorizon:thedailywhat:

Tee of the Day: “Hello Schröddy” from ThinkGeek.
This is one of those times I wish society was more accepting of men in pink, curvy, Hello Kitty-inspired tees.
[thinkgeek.]

bringmethathorizon:thedailywhat:

Tee of the Day:Hello Schröddy” from ThinkGeek.

This is one of those times I wish society was more accepting of men in pink, curvy, Hello Kitty-inspired tees.

[thinkgeek.]

February 22, 2010
"Fisica: creato il brodo primordiale. Scienziati: “Buono, ma non è la stessa cosa, senza carne di brontosauro.” (Francesco d’Antonio)"

Daniele Luttazzi News | blog (via fastlive)

February 22, 2010
rinello:scienceisbeauty:

The prime numbers, arranged in a spiral
Credit&Source: Dr. Yuen’s Number Theory, Math Sciences Computing Facility (University of Kentucky)

rinello:scienceisbeauty:

The prime numbers, arranged in a spiral

Credit&Source: Dr. Yuen’s Number Theory, Math Sciences Computing Facility (University of Kentucky)

February 21, 2010
kittieskrafts:

This is fantastic! (via hotelechozulu)

thelittlebearproject:

vegansaurus:[via sophochka]

kittieskrafts:

This is fantastic! (via hotelechozulu)

thelittlebearproject:

vegansaurus:[via sophochka]

February 20, 2010
geologyrocks:

geekhideout:

This guy is on a roll ;)

I really like igneous bands too.

geologyrocks:

geekhideout:

This guy is on a roll ;)

I really like igneous bands too.