Chaco Canyon has several locations where the sun at the equinox or at the solstices interacts with man-made drawings or buildings in an interesting and beautiful manner. Clearly, astronomy was an interest there, 1000 years ago.
Archive for September, 2010
Chaco Canyon Equinox
Posted in Astronomy, tagged Chaco Canyon, equinox on September 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Borde-Vilenkin-Guth Theorem
Posted in cosmology, tagged Borde-Vilenkin-Guth, entropy, multiverse, Spitzer on September 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Borde-Vilenkin-Guth theorem says that even a multiverse is subject to entropy and will need a beginning and an end.
Grand Design
Posted in cosmology, tagged Hawking, philosophical idealism, The Grand Design on September 16, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Hawking’s new book, The Grand Design, is an example of philosophical idealism, because he takes math for physics.