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Window on Infinity: Pictures from Space

Window on Infinity: Pictures from Space | Science News | Scoop.it
Swirls of green and red appear in an aurora over Whitehorse, Yukon on the night of Sept. 3, 2012. Charged particles streaming in from the sun create the natural sky show.
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[VIDEO ANIMATION] Mathematics ... is infinitely sweet

Mathematics ... is infinitely sweet. If we cut a sweet donut at a very precise location, we will get the shape of the Lemniscate of Bernoulli ... which looks exactly like the mathematical symbol for infinity.


MATHEMATICS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=mathematics





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Magnetic fields can send particles to infinity

Magnetic fields can send particles to infinity | Science News | Scoop.it
Researchers from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM, Spain) have mathematically shown that particles charged in a magnetic field can escape into infinity without ever stopping.
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THE BEGINNING OF INFINITY [VIMEO]

"The adjacent possible is a kind of shadow future, hovering on the edges of the present state of things, a map of all the ways in which the present can reinvent itself." - Steven Johnson

This video is inspired, in part, by the ideas explored in David Deutsch’s new book, THE BEGINNING OF INFINITY. We hope it moves you.

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Science fiction, science fact: Does infinity exist?

Science fiction, science fact: Does infinity exist? | Science News | Scoop.it

Submitted by mf344 on July 2, 2012

Does infinity exist? In the latest online poll of our Science fiction, science fact project you told us that you'd like an answer to this question. So we went to speak to cosmologist John D. Barrow to find out more. We also bring you a range of other Plus articles on the subject of infinity, as well as an article from FQXi who are our partners on this project. Happy reading!

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[VIDEO] How to Count Infinity

"Some infinities are bigger than other infinities" - Hazel Grace Lancaster, in "The Fault in Our Stars," by John Green


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THE BEGINNING OF INFINITY

"The adjacent possible is a kind of shadow future, hovering on the edges of the present state of things, a map of all the ways in which the present can reinvent itself." - Steven Johnson

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