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15 May 2008
Fractal Power
By Kay Patterson
Share prices, the shape of the coastline, the strength of metals and the latest technique for compressing computer images have one thing in common – the maths of fractals On Monday 19 October 1987, the world’s stock markets...
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By Kay Patterson
Share prices, the shape of the coastline, the strength of metals and the latest technique for compressing computer images have one thing in common – the maths of fractals On Monday 19 October 1987, the world’s stock markets...
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Is Time Travel Possible?
Not all scientists agree but according to Einstein and quantum theory, time travel could be possible. Is time travel possible? According to Einstein and quantum theory it could...
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In 1901, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen won the first Nobel Prize for physics. He noticed that certain...
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The Junior God looked from his placeIn the conning towers of heaven,And he saw the world through...
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