Donna is watching Good Times right now on TVLand and because I can’t help but devote a certain portion of my brain to the TV whenever it’s on, I heard this juicy morsel: Michael: Dad, you sure look nice. James: Yeah, I’m clean as a chitterling. And unfortunately, it’s been a few minutes, so maybe [...]
Archive for 1 December 2007
Celestia
Posted: 1 December 2007 in UncategorizedTags: astronomy, astrophysics, celestia, dreams, open source, physics, software, space, space visualization
When I was around 12 or 13, I first got a hold of my stepfather’s physics text book. It was magic. The rules that governed the physical world were right there in the form of equations on a page. I was totally captivated. Newton’s laws of motion, gravity, angular momentum, and the theory of relativity. [...]
