Black holes are rather amazing. I have to say I've not really seen many Space 1999 episodes - it wasn't broadcast at the right time on the right channel when I was a kid, so with an exception or two that's a gap in my cultural education. I'm sure it's streaming somewhere - and with two kids, we've got a lot of services - so, I'll look into that one. Great to hear from you - it's been a while!
Good one Mr. Padrick! Its hard to wrap the mind around black holes. The Physics singularity involving infinity in contradiction is why I could never finish Hawking's book. I want to be able to explain but can't quite get there. Another "singularity" being discussed is the point in time when all the advances in technology, particularly in artificial intelligence (AI), leads to machines that are smarter than human beings. Maybe then we will be able to grasp the other singularity. And - the scale is very cool!
Ah ... the singularity. I think (think) I've started to get my head around it ... but purely abstractly; in NO way do I appreciate the mathematics or physics involved. But I've come to realise the reason I'm attracted to the idea of the singularity is the same reason I was attracted to the idea of the geometric (Euclidian?) plane when first introduced to it in high school ... an idea I confess to having spent far too many late nights thinking about. Very glad you liked this one! It was fun - and yes, the scale is amazing. Show a class of kids that one and you can actually hear some brains start to sizzle!
Ah, an old favorite. Thanks for this reminder about black holes. One of my favorite Space 1999 episodes is Black Sun, when the Moon is caught in the gravitational pull of a black hole (which they refer to as a black sun) and what happens as the crew of Moonbase Alpha tries to survive that peril. And of course there's the 1979 Disney film The Black Hole.
The scale website is amazing. Every time I have a chance to take a class of kids through that webpage, I do - and you can hear the brains sizzle. Will check out the article, too! Thanks, Adrian - glad you liked it!
Black holes are rather amazing. I have to say I've not really seen many Space 1999 episodes - it wasn't broadcast at the right time on the right channel when I was a kid, so with an exception or two that's a gap in my cultural education. I'm sure it's streaming somewhere - and with two kids, we've got a lot of services - so, I'll look into that one. Great to hear from you - it's been a while!
Good one Mr. Padrick! Its hard to wrap the mind around black holes. The Physics singularity involving infinity in contradiction is why I could never finish Hawking's book. I want to be able to explain but can't quite get there. Another "singularity" being discussed is the point in time when all the advances in technology, particularly in artificial intelligence (AI), leads to machines that are smarter than human beings. Maybe then we will be able to grasp the other singularity. And - the scale is very cool!
Ah ... the singularity. I think (think) I've started to get my head around it ... but purely abstractly; in NO way do I appreciate the mathematics or physics involved. But I've come to realise the reason I'm attracted to the idea of the singularity is the same reason I was attracted to the idea of the geometric (Euclidian?) plane when first introduced to it in high school ... an idea I confess to having spent far too many late nights thinking about. Very glad you liked this one! It was fun - and yes, the scale is amazing. Show a class of kids that one and you can actually hear some brains start to sizzle!
Ah, an old favorite. Thanks for this reminder about black holes. One of my favorite Space 1999 episodes is Black Sun, when the Moon is caught in the gravitational pull of a black hole (which they refer to as a black sun) and what happens as the crew of Moonbase Alpha tries to survive that peril. And of course there's the 1979 Disney film The Black Hole.
Scale! 🤯 Thanks Bryan. Have now worked the brilliant visual link into an article I wrote on science and Genesis: https://scriptourer.substack.com/p/literally-amazing
The scale website is amazing. Every time I have a chance to take a class of kids through that webpage, I do - and you can hear the brains sizzle. Will check out the article, too! Thanks, Adrian - glad you liked it!
Yes, that scaling thing was pretty cool.
Show it to a bunch of kids in a class ... you can hear their brains sizzle. Which can only be good.