I've often found that, when I can't understand a concept in science or math, putting it into pictures will make everything make more sense. It's like magic. Now, none of the visualizations I used as a kid involved a cadre of trained golden retrievers, but maybe that's a flaw the Kansas school system needs to correct.
(Thanks, Mark Day!)
This 1951 Mutual of Omaha duck-and-cover ad explains how to survive a nuclear attack, giving such wise advise as "resist the impulse to look toward the source of this burning brightness," "shield yourself from the flash of brilliance," and "be alert for the blast wave." Helpful stuff. ...and, ... More.
Every single year for the last 60 years, a mysterious man would visit Edgar Allan Poe's grave on his birthday and leave a bouquet of roses and a bottle of cognac. Yesterday though, the man never showed up. From the Associated Press (Wikimedia Commons image): "I'm confused, befuddled," said Jef... More.
Deep Thinker Clay Shirky has posted "A Rant About Women," which explores the notion that men tend to be more comfortable with assertive, self-promotey behavior than their female peers. Shirky thoughtfully argues that this is a big factor conspiring against the professional success of women, as is th... More.
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This always explained it for me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhbqIJZ8wCM
Original, but kind of boring. The "bottom quark" cracked me up though.
evey video i ever saw on the subject explained it better and faster.
This made me smile, nothing better than Physics and doggies!
Atomic Dog.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5DrKBNS8so
freshacconci has it right.
No one explains it better than Venus Flytrap
Aaahhh! So particles are fluffy and have dog breath... of course!
It would have been more effective if they'd used cats to illustrate the fuzzy cloud.
Not a very good illustration. It makes the electrons, protons and neurons all look the same.
Also does nothing to explain why matter seems solid.
WKRP for the win! (Although the dogs are very sweet, too.)
Those dogs does not look too excited ...
Does that means that tennis balls represent subatomic particles?
heeeheee bottom quark :D
golden retrievers are much to well behaved to represent quantum objects. ferrets on the other hand....
I think cats could do just as good a job of modeling atomic nuclei...well, hydrogen anyway.
I don't think you could use cats to explain physics without paying royalties to Schrodinger's estate.
The bottom quark dog needs scolding, it is violating the color confinement rule. Quarks are never found in isolation, it is forbidden!
I like it a lot!
Woofium.
In my entire life, I don't think I've ever seen anything so in need of a catchy lyrics.....
Cute.
I hope whatever school made that doesn’t ever teach their kids about quantum superposition.