Comments on: The miracles of cosmology http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/28/the-miracles-of-cosmology/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:46:49 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: wes johnson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/28/the-miracles-of-cosmology/comment-page-1/#comment-24414 wes johnson Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:11:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/28/the-miracles-of-cosmology/#comment-24414 I first came up with a theory in the early 80's that predicted the acceleration, the axis of evil, the dipole pattern in the CMB, and as I have just recently read they found: the deceleration before the acceleration. I didn't publish back then because there were a few missing features of the theory, and it would have been considered absurd back then. The last several years I have further developed the theory. But so far I have had no response in my attempts to have it published. I am not in the biz. So I am currently finishing a book on the subject. Anybody interested in seeing this can email me. Cosmology needs help. I first came up with a theory in the early 80’s that predicted the acceleration, the axis of evil, the dipole pattern in the CMB, and as I have just recently read they found: the deceleration before the acceleration. I didn’t publish back then because there were a few missing features of the theory, and it would have been considered absurd back then. The last several years I have further developed the theory. But so far I have had no response in my attempts to have it published. I am not in the biz.

So I am currently finishing a book on the subject.

Anybody interested in seeing this can email me.

Cosmology needs help.

]]> By: Peter Fred http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/28/the-miracles-of-cosmology/comment-page-1/#comment-24395 Peter Fred Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:53:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/28/the-miracles-of-cosmology/#comment-24395 daniel writes: <blockquote>Maybe the string of successes is about to end? It is conceivable that dark matter and dark energy, those mysterious elements which make up 95% of the energy density of the Universe, will remain "dark" to us forever.</blockquote> There's another possibility. Some one could come up with a theory that would make the dark energy and dark matter "superfluous" as Einstein did when he came up with Special Relativity which made the luminiferous ether unnecessary. daniel writes:

Maybe the string of successes is about to end? It is conceivable that dark matter and dark energy, those mysterious elements which make up 95% of the energy density of the Universe, will remain “dark” to us forever.

There’s another possibility. Some one could come up with a theory that would make the dark energy and dark matter “superfluous” as Einstein did when he came up with Special Relativity which made the luminiferous ether unnecessary.

]]> By: anon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/28/the-miracles-of-cosmology/comment-page-1/#comment-24398 anon Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:25:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/28/the-miracles-of-cosmology/#comment-24398 Perhaps you could replace the hubble with a massive optical telescope array connected together by reference laser beams in order to be able to combine the data together at a later time. THen you would get super duper resolution. Perhaps you could replace the hubble with a massive optical telescope array connected together by reference laser beams in order to be able to combine the data together at a later time. THen you would get super duper resolution.

]]> By: daniel http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/28/the-miracles-of-cosmology/comment-page-1/#comment-24396 daniel Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:40:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/28/the-miracles-of-cosmology/#comment-24396 Hi Bob, Wish I could say I was doing something super fancy, but I'm not. Just red text on black background. The combination of colors sort of makes the eyes swim (bug? feature?). For what it's worth, the font is Arial. Hi Bob, Wish I could say I was doing something super fancy, but I’m not. Just red text on black background. The combination of colors sort of makes the eyes swim (bug? feature?). For what it’s worth, the font is Arial.

]]> By: Bob E. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/28/the-miracles-of-cosmology/comment-page-1/#comment-24397 Bob E. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:57:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/28/the-miracles-of-cosmology/#comment-24397 Hi Daniel, This is a bit off-topic. I glanced at your web page and was wondering how the red text with the cool optical illusion of being "lifted" off the page was done. I can't recall seeing anything like this before. I am not a web design guru by any means (actually I'm a grad phys student). Thanks & welcome. Bob E. Hi Daniel,
This is a bit off-topic. I glanced at your web page and was wondering how the red text with the cool optical illusion of being “lifted” off the page was done. I can’t recall seeing anything like this before. I am not a web design guru by any means (actually I’m a grad phys student). Thanks & welcome.
Bob E.

]]> By: Plato http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/28/the-miracles-of-cosmology/comment-page-1/#comment-24415 Plato Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:55:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/28/the-miracles-of-cosmology/#comment-24415 should read....."copied" by Camille Flammarion should read…..”copied” by Camille Flammarion

]]> By: Plato http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/28/the-miracles-of-cosmology/comment-page-1/#comment-24416 Plato Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:53:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/28/the-miracles-of-cosmology/#comment-24416 <Blockquote><i>"We all are of the citizens of the Sky"</i> <b>Camille Flammarion</b></blockquote> I know most certainly that the quote of Camille's above will resonate with some. I think it was called "Man Looking into Space" and was copied as TBB said in 1888 and was of a "16 century woodcut" by Camille Flammarion.

“We all are of the citizens of the Sky” Camille Flammarion

I know most certainly that the quote of Camille’s above will resonate with some.

I think it was called “Man Looking into Space” and was copied as TBB said in 1888 and was of a “16 century woodcut” by Camille Flammarion.

]]> By: daniel http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/28/the-miracles-of-cosmology/comment-page-1/#comment-24417 daniel Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:51:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/28/the-miracles-of-cosmology/#comment-24417 TBB, thanks for the detailed clarification. It's certainly an iconic image; perfectly captures what we're trying to do. If only it were that easy. TBB, thanks for the detailed clarification. It’s certainly an iconic image; perfectly captures what we’re trying to do. If only it were that easy.

]]> By: TBB http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/28/the-miracles-of-cosmology/comment-page-1/#comment-24418 TBB Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:56:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/28/the-miracles-of-cosmology/#comment-24418 I'm not sure what Spyder is referring to, but the "painting" is originally a woodcut and it's origin is nebulous: <blockquote>The Flammarion woodcut is an anonymous woodcut, so named because its first documented appearance is in Camille Flammarion's L'atmosphère: météorologie populaire ("The Atmosphere: Popular Meteorology"). [1888] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flammarion_woodcut" rel="nofollow">See Wikipedia: Flammarion Woodcut</a></blockquote> I found out about it by way of a <a href="http://quasar.physik.unibas.ch/~aste/universeandman.html" rel="nofollow">Swiss physicist's web page</a> where he copied it from Photodisc, Inc. with its description. This color image is titled "The Universe and Man." I noticed that several physics and astronomy edu sites have used it as well. As another site said, "it [appears] to be a reconstruction of a medieval conception of the universe." It's prettier when colored or painted. I’m not sure what Spyder is referring to, but the “painting” is originally a woodcut and it’s origin is nebulous:

The Flammarion woodcut is an anonymous woodcut, so named because its first documented appearance is in Camille Flammarion’s L’atmosphère: météorologie populaire (”The Atmosphere: Popular Meteorology”). [1888]
See Wikipedia: Flammarion Woodcut

I found out about it by way of a Swiss physicist’s web page where he copied it from Photodisc, Inc. with its description. This color image is titled “The Universe and Man.”

I noticed that several physics and astronomy edu sites have used it as well. As another site said, “it [appears] to be a reconstruction of a medieval conception of the universe.” It’s prettier when colored or painted.

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