Complexity Simplified
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| Blog Name: | Complexity Simplified |
| Url: | http://raimalarter.blogspot.com/ |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | science, religion, complexity |
| Description: | Everything you ever, or never, wanted to know about complex systems science. Plus a bit about other things that interest me...writing fiction, writing about science, religion and science, contemplative practice...you name it. |
| Popularity: | 36 Followers |
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Spectacular Meteor Show Expected
The 2009 Leonid meteor shower is expected to reach peak intensity tomorrow. It should be a fantastic show, since tonight we have a new moon. This means a relatively dark sky early tomorrow morning when the Leonids are at their peak.Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office predicts 20 - 30 meteors per hour over North America. Skywatchers in Asia will have an even better show, with perhaps 200 - 300 per hour observable. The Leonid meteor shower occurs when Earth passes through the stream of debris left by Comet Tempel-Tuttle. The
The 2009 Leonid meteor shower is expected to reach peak intensity tomorrow. It should be a fantastic show, since tonight we have a new moon. This means a relatively dark sky early tomorrow morning when the Leonids are at their peak.Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office predicts 20 - 30 meteors per hour over North America. Skywatchers in Asia will have an even better show, with perhaps 200 - 300 per hour observable. The Leonid meteor shower occurs when Earth passes through the stream of debris left by Comet Tempel-Tuttle. The
Self Organizing Flocks
This amazing video of a large flock of starlings making elaborate and intricate patterns in the sky above Denmark has been making the rounds on blogs and news sites lately:Many of the bloggers pose the question: why do the birds do this? The answer actually lies in the physics of self-organizing systems.Bird flocking is a well-known example of the self-organization phenomenon. No one bird is in charge, yet the flock as a whole organizes itself into beautiful patterns. Each bird takes note of its neighbor's position and direction of motion and adjusts accordingly, but nobody is the leader. No "head bird" tells the enti
This amazing video of a large flock of starlings making elaborate and intricate patterns in the sky above Denmark has been making the rounds on blogs and news sites lately:Many of the bloggers pose the question: why do the birds do this? The answer actually lies in the physics of self-organizing systems.Bird flocking is a well-known example of the self-organization phenomenon. No one bird is in charge, yet the flock as a whole organizes itself into beautiful patterns. Each bird takes note of its neighbor's position and direction of motion and adjusts accordingly, but nobody is the leader. No "head bird" tells the enti
Complexity Simplified Wins Award!
I just heard from the folks at Science.org that Complexified Simplified has been chosen for a "Featured Blogger" award. I am always grateful for readers, but an award is even better!Please check them out - looks like a n
I just heard from the folks at Science.org that Complexified Simplified has been chosen for a "Featured Blogger" award. I am always grateful for readers, but an award is even better!Please check them out - looks like a n
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