Posted by IsoM on August 9, 2002, at 16:55:51
In reply to Re: quantum computing... » IsoM, posted by kid_A on August 9, 2002, at 15:35:16
Thanks for the link - some more reading to do & less work done around here. But I don't mind. Didn't know that about black body radiation in relation to . I learned about it in astronomy so will learn more about it. Ah, my head's so full & none of it helps me make a living. Damn!
I'll have to go to my college physics text (the new one from the late 90s, not the old, old one) & do some extra reading. Back in the late 60s I had started off to university with the idea of becoming an astrophysicist - really. But I got sidetracked thanks to recreational drugs & dropped it all. While I kept up to date with many of the sciences, physics fell behind.
The advances in science since the 60s are phenomenol. When I was in grade 12, quasars had just been discovered. I was the first girl in my school to take physics through high school. (Pitiful, huh?) Now, girls in physics are common place. Most of the boys looked at me with disdain initially till I got top marks.
Thanks to my ADD, I have too much trouble switching over from the math & physics to other subjects easily. Life sciences doesn't have the same effect with me so they became my forte & physics slipped. Trying to brush up the last few years is difficult - I'll never get the math going again that's needed. But I can read about developments & am interested in that.
The thing about a fridge materialising in space is true in theory but in reality, there's always adjustments. It's like fractals around us in nature. In theory, the complexity remains no matter how small it becomes, but in realisty, there's a point where it stops.
I'm intrigued with aligning the real world with theory. Same thing with blood flow through blood vessels. Our circulatory system works using the miminmal energy needed by the heart to pump blood throughout our body. Poiseuille's Law explains it mathematically. But we don't find blood vessels so sharply defined & branching off with perfect angles, but it works great! I don't pretend to know enough math but still enjoy reading about it & trying to learn more. One of the drawbacks of being ADD - so many interesting things to learn & do but not enough time or resources for it all.
http://grad.math.arizona.edu/~walton/biomath/bloodflow.htm
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