Category Archives: Science

Cool math: Conway’s Game of Life

Posted on 2012-03-02 by M. Eric Carr

Conway’s Game of Life is an interesting introduction to Cellular Automata. Continue reading →

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Intercalatory Interpolation

Posted on 2012-02-29 by M. Eric Carr

Happy Leap Day! Here’s a bit of history on what Leap Days (and Leap Seconds) are all about. Continue reading →

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Musical Witchcraft

Posted on 2011-09-21 by M. Eric Carr

Tom Paxton uses dark magic to make a single opening note sound minor … or does he? Continue reading →

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Diamagnetic Levitation

Posted on 2011-09-11 by M. Eric Carr

Levitating a magnet without power or active controls, using the diamagnetic properties of bismuth. Continue reading →

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