Podcasts about Christiaan Huygens

17th-century Dutch mathematician and natural philosopher

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Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1329: Life in Outer Space — In 1698

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 3:43


Episode: 1329 16th Century scientist, Christiaan Huygens, looks for alien life.  Today, an old inquiry into life on other planets.

Met Groenteman in de kast
#167: Daphne Stam, planeetwetenschapper en schrijver

Met Groenteman in de kast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 62:44


Daphne Stam is planeetwetenschapper en vertaalde recent een boek van Christiaan Huygens van Latijn naar Nederlands: Cosmotheoros. Als hoogleraar op de TU Delft was er voor haar als vrouw geen plek en ze vertelt er nu over om andere vrouwen die bij universiteiten werken te beschermen. Verder spreekt ze met Gijs over mansplaining, bergen beklimmen en haar lievelingsplaneet: Venus Presentatie: Gijs GroentemanRedactie en montage: Julia van AlemEindredactie: Corinne van Duin, Emilie van Kinschot, Merle van der HorstSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

De Jortcast
dr Kelder en Co - 31 augustus - Linkse indoctrinatie?, Omtzigt & Buitenaards leven

De Jortcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2024 46:12


Dit is de gehele uitzending van dr Kelder en Co van 31 augustus met een politieke belletje met Arend Kisteman van de VVD over de lesmethodes die basisscholen krijgen aangeboden, de toekomst van Schoof I met dr. Chris Aalberts, de jonge dr. Emma van der Goot onderzocht het effect van politieke conflicten op de kiezer en dr. Daphne Stam vertaalde een boek van onze grootste wetenschapper Christiaan Huygens. 

De Nieuwe Wereld
#1610: "Wetenschap is ook gewoon rommelen" | Gesprek met Vincent Icke

De Nieuwe Wereld

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 63:37


Rogier van Bemmel in gesprek met hoogleraar theoretische sterrenkunde en bijzonder hoogleraar kosmologie Vincent Icke. Aanleiding voor dit gesprek vormt het boekje 'Licht. Tussen waarheid en wetenschap', waarin Icke betoogt "dat alleen wiskunde honderd procent zekerheden oplevert. Alle andere wetenschappen zijn een proces van vallen en opstaan". Bronnen en links bij deze uitzending: - 'We hebben geen idee wat donkere materie is', een eerder gesprek met Vincent Icke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxMVRk2FzIg - "Gelukkig zijn er in de sterrenkunde nog genoeg dingen die niet kloppen", gesprek met Vincent Icke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-cTw7PFZUQ - Sterrewacht Leiden: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/wiskunde-en-natuurwetenschappen/sterrenkunde (1:08) - 'Licht. Tussen waarheid en wetenschap', Vincent Icke, e-boek: https://uitgeverijprometheus.nl/boeken/licht-e-boek/ (1:28 / 32:22) - 'Traite de la lumiere', Christiaan Huygens: https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_kVxsaYdZaaoC. Engelse vertaling: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14725 (2:57)

Sternzeit - Deutschlandfunk
Christiaan Huygens - Astronom mit Lichtwellen und Titan, aber ohne König

Sternzeit - Deutschlandfunk

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2024 2:32


Christiaan Huygens erarbeitete die Wellentheorie des Lichts, begründete die Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung, erfand die Pendeluhr, entdeckte den Ring und den größten Mond Saturns. Doch ist er heute erstaunlich unbekannt. Lorenzen, Dirk www.deutschlandfunk.de, Sternzeit

Documentales Sonoros
Las lunas de Saturno

Documentales Sonoros

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2023 44:15


Christiaan Huygens descubrió en 1656 la primera de las lunas de Saturno con un telescopio de su propia invención y le dio el nombre de Luna Saturni, hoy la conocemos como Titán. Giovanni Domenico Cassini descubrió las cuatro siguientes: Jápeto (1671), Rea (1672), Dione (1684) y Tetis (1684).En 1789, el año de la Revolución francesa, William Herschel descubrió las lunas Mimas y Encélado. En 1847 su hijo John Herschel propuso en sus Observaciones Astronómicas hechas en el Cabo de Buena Esperanza los nombres de los titanes, hermanos y hermanas de Crono (el nombre griego del dios romano Saturno) para los siete satélites de Saturno conocidos. Los siguiente dos satélites se descubrieron en 1848 y en 1898 y fueron llamados Hiperión y Febe. Conforme fue aumentando la calidad de las lentes y de los telescopios, se fueron descubriendo más lunas. En 1966 aparecieron Epimeteo y Jano. Cuando en 1997 se lanzó la misión espacial Cassini-Huygens cuya misión es precisamente investigar Saturno y sus lunas, ya se conocían 18 satélites de Saturno. Hasta el momento se conocen 62 satélites que orbitan alrededor del planeta de los anillos. De ellos 53 tienen clasificación oficial de lunas (esto quiere decir que tienen nombre) y los otros 9 son provisionales.

Enrique Hernández
Cotidianos: Nemesio Pérez. Capítulo 01 | T1

Enrique Hernández

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2023 55:29


Director científico del instituto tecnológico y de energías renovables (ITER), además, coordinador científico del instituto volcanológico de canarias (involcan). Geoquímico, impulsa, junto con otros, el Manifiesto Ciudadano por el Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (IVC).Hablamos de tantas cosas que es mejor lo veas o escuches. No te pierdas la parte en la que habla de su padre, aclara las últimas noticias sobre los insultos que aguanta, le pregunto cómo es eso de que le han galardonado con la medalla Christiaan Huygens de la Sociedad Europea de Geociencias (EGU) en su edición de 2024 y (OJO) se refiere al Teide: "está hablando" más de la cuenta... Y no se corta en dejar títere sin cabeza.

Superlative
THE REAL BEAUTY IN COMPLEXITY WITH ROGER PEETERS - HOOKE AND HUYGENS

Superlative

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 63:02


 This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Roger Peeters, the Founder and Master Watchmaker of Hooke and Huygens. To start the show Ariel dives into discussing small independent high end watch brands, and their important role in the watch industry. They talk about the mentality behind the modern watchmaker today, and how important having a true artist's touch is important when creating a watch brand or new design. Ariel asks why Roger did not go with his own name when creating this brand, and who exactly Robert Hooke and Christiaan Huygens are. They dive into the brands overall strategy with their relationship with their customers, and they go over their patented Hooke and Huygens ring-shaped semi-skeleton ring movement with 12 positions and 41 jewel bearings. To stay updated with Roger and Hooke and Huygens:Website - https://www.hookeandhuygens.com/ Instagram @HookeandHuygensWatches - https://www.instagram.com/hookeandhuygenswatches/ To check out the ABTW Shop where you can see our products inspired by our love of Horology:- Shop ABTW - https://store.ablogtowatch.com/To keep updated with everything Superlative and aBlogtoWatch, check us out on:- Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ablogtowatch/- Twitter - https://twitter.com/ABLOGTOWATCH- Website - https://www.ablogtowatch.com/If you enjoy the show please Subscribe, Rate, and Review!

Superlative
THE REAL BEAUTY IN COMPLEXITY WITH ROGER PEETERS - HOOKE AND HUYGENS

Superlative

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 63:02


 This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Roger Peeters, the Founder and Master Watchmaker of Hooke and Huygens. To start the show Ariel dives into discussing small independent high end watch brands, and their important role in the watch industry. They talk about the mentality behind the modern watchmaker today, and how important having a true artist's touch is important when creating a watch brand or new design. Ariel asks why Roger did not go with his own name when creating this brand, and who exactly Robert Hooke and Christiaan Huygens are. They dive into the brands overall strategy with their relationship with their customers, and they go over their patented Hooke and Huygens ring-shaped semi-skeleton ring movement with 12 positions and 41 jewel bearings. To stay updated with Roger and Hooke and Huygens:Website - https://www.hookeandhuygens.com/ Instagram @HookeandHuygensWatches - https://www.instagram.com/hookeandhuygenswatches/ To check out the ABTW Shop where you can see our products inspired by our love of Horology:- Shop ABTW - https://store.ablogtowatch.com/To keep updated with everything Superlative and aBlogtoWatch, check us out on:- Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ablogtowatch/- Twitter - https://twitter.com/ABLOGTOWATCH- Website - https://www.ablogtowatch.com/If you enjoy the show please Subscribe, Rate, and Review!

'Geschiedenis Geven'
50 vensters: Aflevering 5 (Canon van Nederland)

'Geschiedenis Geven'

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 52:30


In deze podcast zijn Willem Eekhof en Meereke Bosua bij de canonvensters uit de 17e en 18e eeuw aangekomen. Welkom in de tijd van regenten en vorsten en Tijd van pruiken en Revoluties. Je krijgt in tien minuten een glashelder beeld op het verleden door te luisteren naar de geschiedenisverhalen over de volgende vensters: Christiaan Huygens, Baruch de Spinoza, Slavernij, Eise Eisinga en Sara Burgerhart. Christiaan Huygens vanaf 00.00 Spinoza vanaf 11.00 Slavernij vanaf 21.30 Eise Eisinga vanaf 32.15 Sara Burgerhart vanaf 41.25 Tags: Canon van Nederland, geschiedenis, toelatingstoets pabo, kennistoets, regenten en vorsten, pruiken en revoluties, Betje Wolff en Aagje Deken, wetenschapsgeschiedenis, natuurwetenschap, filosofie, basisschool, kerndoelen, coole feitjes, VOC, WIC, Curacao, fort Elmina, driehoekshandel, Amsterdam, patriotten, Verlichting, emancipatie, meerstemmigheid, Franeker, Den Haag, Hofwijck, Voorburg, leespromotie, briefroman, vrijheidc, planetarium. Een www.pocketpodcast.nl productie Reageren? geschiedenisgeven@gmail.com

Not Just the Tudors
Huygens: Europe's Greatest Scientist

Not Just the Tudors

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 37:57


Christiaan Huygens was the greatest scientist working in the vital period between Galileo and Newton, as the scientific revolution gathered pace. He discovered Saturn's ring, invented the accurate pendulum clock, and devised a wave theory of light far ahead of its time.In this edition of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks to author Hugh Alderney-Williams to find out more about Huygens and why — more even than Newton — he can be called the father of modern science. This episode was edited and produced by Rob Weinberg. For more Not Just The Tudors content, subscribe to our Tudor Tuesday newsletter here >If you'd like to learn even more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit - subscribe today! To download, go to Android > or Apple store > Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tracing The Path
Episode 34: The Hands That Changed the World

Tracing The Path

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2022 32:02


Were you ever taught in school the impact the clock has made on the world?  Did you know it pretty much changed everything. So much so a Norwegian town tried to abolish time. In today's episode we connect Rolex, Galileo, Christiaan Huygens, The Golden Spike, Benedictine Monks, the US Naval Observatory, John Harrison and the Boer War in tracing the path of the clock. 

Hoje na História - Opera Mundi
08 de julho de 1695 - Morre o cientista Huygens, criador do primeiro relógio de pêndulo

Hoje na História - Opera Mundi

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022 4:24


Físico, matemático e astrônomo holandês, Christiaan Huygens morreu em Haia no dia 8 de julho de 1695. Uma das suas principais contribuições para a ciência foi a criação do primeiro relógio de pêndulo, em 1656.  Vindo de uma importante família holandesa, ele foi influenciado pelo filósofo e matemático francês René Descartes, assíduo frequentador de sua casa na infância. Sua formação universitária transcorreu entre 1645 e 1649 na Universidade de Leiden e no Colégio de Orange, destacando-se na matemática.Veja a matéria completa em: https://operamundi.uol.com.br/historia/35942/hoje-na-historia-1695-morre-o-cientista-huygens-criador-do-primeiro-relogio-de-pendulo----Quer contribuir com Opera Mundi via PIX? Nossa chave é apoie@operamundi.com.br (Razão Social: Última Instancia Editorial Ltda.). Desde já agradecemos!Assinatura solidária: www.operamundi.com.br/apoio★ Support this podcast ★

Radio Horzelnest
Aflevering 38: Johan De Witt en Het Rampjaar

Radio Horzelnest

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2022 69:41


Voor aflevering 38 van Radio Horzelnest worden we geacht en geëerd met de komst van historica Ineke Huysman. Ineke werkt bij het Huygens Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis, op het gebied van elektronische bronontsluiting en automatisering. In deze podcastaflevering gaat zij met ons in gesprek over misschien wel de bekendste politicus die Nederland ooit heeft gekend: Johan de Witt. En dan met name over het laatste levensjaar van Johan en zijn broer Cornelis: 1672. Dit jaar ging de vaderlandse geschiedenisboeken in als het Rampjaar. Donkere wolken pakten zich samen boven de Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden. Volgens een Nederlands gezegde was "het volk redeloos, de regering radeloos en het land reddeloos". Dit is het moment dat de Republiek tegelijkertijd wordt aangevallen door Engeland, Frankrijk en de bisdommen Münster en Keulen. En 1672 is dus ook het sterfjaar van Johan en zijn broer Cornelis. Bij de Gevangenpoort worden de gebroeders overmeesterd door een boze menigte om vervolgens op brute wijze aan hun einde te komen. In 2022 is het precies drie-en-een-halve eeuw dat het Rampjaar begon. Naar aanleiding hiervan heeft Ineke Huysman samen met Roosje Peeters de brievenbundel: ‘Johan de Witt en het Rampjaar' samengesteld. Eerder verschenen van hun hand de bundels ‘Johan de Witt en Engeland' (2019), gevolgd door ‘Johan de Witt en Frankrijk' (2020). Alle drie de brievenbundels zijn uitgebracht door Uitgeverij Catullus. Veel luisterplezier! Timestamps: 00:00–02:27 - Introductie 02:27–09:31 - De jonge Johan: de familie De Witt, een Grand Tour, contact met Christiaan Huygens en Johan's verdiensten als (levensverzekerings)wiskundige 09:31-15:30 - Raadpensionaris van Holland, chevalier van een schertsorde en een gelukkig huwelijk 15:30-22:55 - De familie de Witt en de politieke context: de prinsgezinden en de staatsgezinden, de Vrede van Münster, de Vrede van Westminster en de Akte van Seclusie 22:55-30:15 - Veranderingen in de internationale relaties: de Triple Alliantie tussen Zweden, Engeland en Nederland en het Verdrag van Dover tussen Engeland en Frankrijk 30:15-35:57 - Brieven in zestiende-eeuws geheimschrift 35:57-43:09 - De gebroeders De Witt en de Hollandse Oorlog: het Rampjaar 43:09-47:58 - Gedwongen teruggave van de macht aan stadhouder Willem III 47:58-58:47 - Het gruwelijke einde van de gebroeders de Witt: treurige brieven en de tragische band tussen Johan de Witt en Willem III 58:47-01:10:00 - Het onderzoek naar de grote collectie brieven van Johan de Witt: de redenen achter het grote archief, bijzondere onderzoeksmethoden, en de Johan de Witt zoals hij naar voren komt uit zijn correspondentie

Science Faction Podcast
Episode 403: It's Always Midnight Somewhere

Science Faction Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 70:20


This episode contains: All three amigos are present this episode. Devon talks about his birthday, and Ben and Steven had a BBQ. Welcome to summer, I guess. Welcome to the Desert of the Real: Haptics Device Creates Realistic Virtual Textures. USC Viterbi computer scientists have created a user-driven haptics method. We talk about potential uses. https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2022/05/virtual-textures-i-cant-believe-its-not-wood/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220521093332.htm A Few Centuries Ago in Space: Rare Book From 1698 Reveals Belief In Extraterrestrial Life On Saturn And Jupiter. We talk about how Christiaan Huygens used logic of the time to figure out what alien life could be like. https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/rare-book-from-1698-reveals-belief-in-extraterrestrial-life-on-saturn-and-jupiter/ Science Fiction: We talk about the first two episodes of the Disney+ show Obi-Wan Kenobi. It's filled with spoilers, so beware. We also talk about how the show Ahsoka is pretty much going to be live action Rebels. We then chat about the episode Momento Mori from Star Trek Strange New World, and the Gorn. We wrap things with talking about Love Death and Robots episodes and what we liked. Oh that Jibaro is amazing.

UBLpodcast
Wiskundige werken uit de tijd van Christiaan Huygens

UBLpodcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 29:37


De Universiteit Leiden kent een lange geschiedenis van beroemde wiskundigen. In deze podcast laat wetenschapper Jan Vonk zien dat wiskunde altijd in ontwikkeling is, en dat doet hij aan de hand van historische documenten. Zo bespreekt Vonk onder meer een aantal documenten van de illustere Christiaan Huygens (1629 – 1695), die na zijn dood zijn archief achterliet aan de Universiteit Leiden. We horen onder meer hoe Huygens tot zijn beroemde slingerformule kwam, en wat huidige wiskundigen nog kunnen leren van zijn denkproces. Wiskundige Vonk laat je met andere ogen naar deze documenten kijken. Zo valt bijvoorbeeld op dat wiskundigen uit de tijd van Huygens veel meer woorden gebruikten dan formules. En je komt te weten dat de wiskunde geen afgerond verhaal is, maar eerder “een lange trektocht” op zoek naar meer antwoorden. In 2022 is Leiden de European City of Science. Ook Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden (UBL) organiseert een uitgebreid programma met activiteiten over de stad van de wetenschap. Er worden tentoonstellingen, wandelingen, blogs, podcasts, boekensalons en talkshows voor het publiek gemaakt, waarbij natuurlijk stukken uit Bijzondere Collecties centraal staan.

The European Skeptics Podcast
TheESP – Ep. #321 – Huygens!

The European Skeptics Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 45:22


Zelensky is not Soros' cousin We remind you again to sign up for the European Skeptics Congress! It's going to be great! In other news, Darwin's iconic ‘evolution as a tree'-notebook has been mysteriously returned which is good news in a pink bag. Our notes on conversion therapy last week got some terfs really upset on Twitter, but of course they get it all wrong. For TWISH we celebrate the birth of Christiaan Huygens, a true spirit of the enlightenment already in the 17th century. No poking this week, so we then dive into the news: INTERNATIONAL: Homeopathy Awareness Week UKRAINE: Zelensky not related to Soros INTERNATIONAL: Pinterest to ban climate misinformation UK: Anglo-European College of Chiropractic offering MSc course To round off, the charity organisation ‘Thinking Autism' promotes CEASE therapy and anti-vaxx nonsense and so they get his week's Really Wrong award. Enjoy! Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; News; Really Wrong; Quote And Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes;

Sternengeschichten
Sternengeschichten Folge 489: Der Saturnmond Mimas

Sternengeschichten

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2022 11:54


Der Saturnmond Mimas sieht so aus, als könnte er eigentlich gar nicht existieren. Und genaugenommen ist es höchst überraschend, dass er immer noch da ist. Was ihm in seiner Vergangenheit passiert ist, erfahrt ihr in der neuen Folge der Sternengeschichten. Wer den Podcast finanziell unterstützen möchte, kann das hier tun: Mit PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/florianfreistetter), Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/sternengeschichten) oder Steady (https://steadyhq.com/sternengeschichten)

ILLUSTRI SCONOSCIUTI
Orologio | Il brevetto di Christiaan Huygens

ILLUSTRI SCONOSCIUTI

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2022 15:50


Christiaan Huygens è un fisico e astronomo decisamente conosciuto dagli scienziati, ma il suo nome dovrebbe essere molto più famoso pensando a ciò che ha inventato: l'orologio. A volte, però, succede che i brevetti vengono contestati e la storia diluisce i fatti in modo imprevedibile.

Betrouwbare Bronnen
246 - Kuifje, Kafka en Klompé: de nieuwe eurobiljetten!

Betrouwbare Bronnen

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2022 95:39


Europese-Bankpresident Christine Lagarde nodigt ons allen uit, mee te denken over inspirerende mensen die ons als Europeanen doen beseffen hoe mooi het is dat wij samen leven en werken in een continent van grote diversiteit en rijkdom aan beschaving. Die vrouwen en mannen zouden de nieuwe serie eurobiljetten gezicht mogen geven. Zo'n invitatie slaan Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger natuurlijk niet af!Lagarde noemde als voorbeelden Simone Veil en Leonardo da Vinci. Eminente Europeanen, maar ook een beetje veilig eigenlijk. En bovendien, waarom maar zeven mensen voor zeven biljetten? Stel we zouden thematische groepen euro's gaan maken? Dan kun je die diversiteit van denkers en doeners die de Europese beschaving kenmerkt nog veel meer recht doen, meent PG.Aldus ontstaat in een soort politiek-historisch-culturele brainstorm een Betrouwbare Bronnen-overzicht van Europeanen. En Jaap en PG nodigen hun vrienden van de show uit hun verbeeldingskracht ook aan het werk te zetten.Zelf komen ze met allerlei groepen inspiraties, van helden uit het stripverhaal - een zeer Europese traditie! - naar dichters, denkers en Nobelprijswinnaars. Wat dacht je van Kuifje, volgens Charles de Gaulle zijn enige rivaal? Arturo Toscanini, die geniale musicus en virulente antifascist? Of Jane Austen, want de Europese beschaving strekt verder dan de landen van de eurozone of de EU. PG breekt een lans voor het duo Aristide Briand en Gustav Stresemann. Jaap noemt – heel ondeugend - Margaret Thatcher!En zo gaan we langs op de Disibodenberg bij de wijngaard van Hildegard von Bingen, in het Sint Petersburg van Aleksandr Poesjkin en Anna Achmatova, het Den Haag (en Parijs!) van Christiaan Huygens, het Praag van Rilke en Kafka en het geheime laboratorium in Bletchley Park van Alan Turing. Laat je verrassen door de gezichten voor op de Euro en kom met eigen ideeën via Vriend van de Show!***Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt door de Europese Unie en door donaties van luisteraars via de site Vriend van de Show. Sponsoring of adverteren is ook mogelijk. Stuur een mailtje naar adverteren@dagennacht.nl en we nemen contact met u op!***Hieronder nog meer informatie. Op Apple kun je soms niet alles lezen. De complete tekst vind je altijd hier***Verder lezenECB to redesign euro banknotes by 2024Pieter Hasekamp - Nederland heeft baat bij een sterkere Europese Unie (28 januari 2022)Nederland in de top van landen met grootste handelsbaten door Europese Unie (CPB, januari 2022)***Verder kijkenNOS Journaal, Introductie van de euro in Maastricht (1 januari 2002)Sophie Wilmès over het Belgische paspoortDe Euro komt eraan! (2001)Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, signing the euro banknotes (28 November 2019)Margaret Thatcher on Europe: "No! No! No!"ECB-president Mario Draghi in de Tweede Kamer (10 mei 2017)***Verder luisterenWaar moeten de nieuwe eurobiljetten aan voldoen? (NPO Radio 1, 4 januari 2022)124 - 95 jaar Jacques Delors111 - De onverwachte herrijzenis van Helmut Kohl70 - Franz Kafka57 - Alexis de Tocqueville40 - De geniale broers Von Humboldt37 - Iconische Europarlementariër Simone Veil30 - Delors en Thatcher18 - PG blikt vooruit op herdenkingsjaar 2019 (met oa Leonardo da Vinci en Alexander von Humboldt)***Tijdlijn00:00:00 – Deel 100:50:46 – Deel 201:35:39 – Einde Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ប្រវត្តិសាស្រ្តពិភពលោក
ប្រវត្តិនៃ​ការ​រកឃើញខ្សែក្រវាត់អាចម៍ផ្កាយ

ប្រវត្តិសាស្រ្តពិភពលោក

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2022 9:08


នៅក្នុងប្រព័ន្ធព្រះអាទិត្យ​របស់​យើង ក្នុងចន្លោះ​ពី​ភពអង្គារ ទៅ​ភពព្រហស្បតិ៍ គឺ​តំបន់​មួយ ដែល​គេ​ឲ្យ​ឈ្មោះ​ថា "ខ្សែក្រវាត់អាចម៍ផ្កាយ" ប្រមូលផ្តុំ​ទៅដោយ​បំណែក​អាចម៍ផ្កាយ​តូចធំ​រហូត​ដល់​ទៅ​រាប់លាន។ តើ​មនុស្ស​យើង​ចាប់ផ្តើម​ដឹង​ពី​វត្តមាន​នៃ​ខ្សែក្រវាត់​អាចម៍ផ្កាយ​នេះ​តាំងពីពេលណា? តើ​អ្នកណា​ជា​អ្នក​រកឃើញ? កាលពី​ពេល​ដំបូង ​អ្នក​វិទ្យាសាស្រ្ត​ទើបនឹង​ស្គាល់​ភពត្រឹមតែ ៦ ប៉ុណ្ណោះ នៅ​ក្នុង​ប្រព័ន្ធព្រះអាទិត្យ គឺ​ភពផែនដី និង​ភព ៥ផ្សេងទៀត ដែល​សុទ្ធសឹង​តែ​ជាភព​ដែល​យើង​អាច​មើល​ឃើញ​ដោយ​ភ្នែក​ទទេ​នៅ​ពេល​យប់ គឺ​ភពពុធ ភពសុក្រ ភពអង្គារ ភពព្រហស្បតិ៍ និង​ភពសៅរ៍។ តាមរយៈ​រូបមន្ត​របស់​យូហាណេស កេព្ល័រ (Johannes Kepler) និង​ការគណនា​របស់ ​គ្រីស្យាន ហ៊យហ្គិនស៍ (Christiaan Huygens) គេ​អាច​ដឹង​បាន​អំពី​ចម្ងាយ​ពីភពមួយ​ទៅភពមួយ ក៏​ដូចជា​ចម្ងាយ រវាង​ភព​ទាំង៦ និង​ព្រះអាទិត្យ។ ក៏ប៉ុន្តែ មកទល់នឹង​ចុងសតវត្សរ៍​ទី១៧ គេចាប់ផ្តើម​កត់សម្គាល់ឃើញ អំពី​ភាពមិនប្រក្រតី​មួយ រវាង​ចម្ងាយ​​ភព​ដែល​គេ​គណនាឃើញ និង​ទ្រឹស្តី​របស់​តារាវិទូ​អាល្លឺម៉ង់​ពីររូប គឺ យ៉ូហាន ទីទុស (Johan Daniel Titius) និង យ៉ូហាន បូដ (Johan Elert Bode)។ យោងតាមទ្រឹស្តី​នេះ ដែល​ហៅ​ជា​ភាសា​អង់គ្លេស​ថា Titius-Bode's Law (ឬ​ហៅដោយខ្លី​ថា Bode's Law) ចម្ងាយពីព្រះអាទិត្យ​ទៅ​ភព​ ទៅតាមលំដាប់លំដោយ​ពីភពមួយទៅភព​បន្ទាប់ ត្រូវ​កើនឡើង​ក្នុង​អត្រា​មួយថេរ ពោលគឺ រាប់ចេញ​ពី​ព្រះអាទិត្យ​ទៅ​​ភពសុក្រ​​​ត្រូវ​មាន​ចម្ងាយ​ប្រហែល​ពីរដង​នៃ​ចម្ងាយ​រវាង​ភពពុធ​និង​ព្រះអាទិត្យ, ភពផែនដី​​​ត្រូវ​មាន​ចម្ងាយ​ប្រហែល​ពីរដង​ភពសុក្រ, ភពអង្គារ​ត្រូវមាន​ចម្ងាយ​ប្រហែល​ពីរដង​ភពផែនដី ។ល។ នៅក្នុងការគណនា​ជាក់ស្តែងវិញ គេរកឃើញ​ថា ស្ទើរតែ​គ្រប់ភពទាំងអស់ ចាប់តាំង​ពីភពពុធ រហូត​ទៅដល់​ភពសៅរ៍ ​​សុទ្ធតែ​មាន​ចម្ងាយឃ្លាតពីគ្នា ​ត្រូវ​ទៅនឹង​ Bode's Law ចម្លែកតែ​រវាង​ភពពីរ គឺ​​ភពអង្គារ និង​​ភពព្រហស្បតិ៍ ដែល​ឃ្លាតគ្នា​ឆ្ងាយខ្លាំង គឺឃ្លាតឆ្ងាយខ្លាំង​រហូតដល់​ទៅ​ជិត​ពីរដង លើសពីអ្វី​ដែលព្យាករ​ដោយ​ទ្រឹស្តី។ គម្លាតឆ្ងាយខុសប្រក្រតី​នេះ​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​គេ​សន្និដ្ឋាន​ថា នៅក្នុងចន្លោះ​ពី​ភពអង្គារ និង​ភពព្រហស្បតិ៍​នេះ ប្រាកដ​ជា​មាន​ភព​មួយផ្សេងទៀត ដែល​គេ​មិនទាន់​រកឃើញ​នៅឡើយ​ ហើយតារាវិទូ​​មួយក្រុម​នៅ​អាល្លឺម៉ង់​ក៏​បាន​បង្កើត​ក្រុមការងារ​ពិសេស​មួយឡើង ដែលគេ​ឲ្យឈ្មោះថា « ប៉ូលិសអវកាស » (Celestial Police) ដើម្បី​តាម​ប្រមាញ់​រក​ភពថ្មីនេះ។​ នៅទីចុងបំផុត​ទៅ អ្វីដែល​គេ​គិត​ថា​ជា​ភពដែល​គេ​កំពុង​តាម​ប្រមាញ់​នៅពេលនោះ ​ត្រូវ​បានរកឃើញ នៅ​ឆ្នាំ១៨០១ ​ដោយ​តារាវិទូ​អ៊ីតាលី ឈ្មោះ ជូសេពេ ពីយ៉ាតស៊ី ដែល​​នៅពេលនោះ នៅមិនទាន់​ក្លាយ​ជា​សមាជិក « ប៉ូលិសអវកាស » នៅឡើយ ហើយ​ភព​ដែល​ទើបនឹង​រកឃើញ​ថ្មី​នេះ​ត្រូវ​បាន​គេ​ដាក់​ឈ្មោះ​ថា « សេរេស » (Ceres)។ ក៏ប៉ុន្តែ អ្វីដែល​នៅតែ​ជា​រឿង​ចម្លែក គឺ​នៅត្រង់​ថា សេរេស ដែល​គេ​គិត​ថា​ជា​ភពថ្មី​នេះ មានទំហំ​តូចខ្លាំង។ តូចជាង​យ៉ាងដាច់ឆ្ងាយ​ពី​​ភពផ្សេងទៀតដែល​គេ​ធ្លាប់​ស្គាល់ ហើយ​មែនទែនទៅ ក្នុង​ទំហំ​ត្រឹមតែ​ជាង ៩០០គីឡូម៉ែត្រ សេរេស​មាន​ទំហំ​តូចជាង​ព្រះចន្ទ​រហូតដល់​ទៅ​​ជិតពីរដងឯណោះ។ បន្ថែម​ពីលើ​នេះ​ទៅទៀត នៅ​ក្នុងរយៈពេល​​​ប៉ុន្មាន​ឆ្នាំក្រោយៗ​មកទៀត ​បំណែក​តូចៗ​ជាច្រើន​ផ្សេងទៀត​ត្រូវ​បាន​គេ​រកឃើញ​ជា​បន្ត​បន្ទាប់ ក្នុងនោះ រួមមាន​ដូចជា​ Vesta, Pallas និង Juno ជាដើម ដែល​គេ​រកឃើញ នៅ​ក្នុង​ចន្លោះ​ពី​ឆ្នាំ១៨០២ ទៅ​ឆ្នាំ១៨០៧ ​មាន​ទំហំ​រឹតតែ​​តូចជាង​សេរេស​ទៅទៀត​។ គិតមកត្រឹម​នឹង​ពាក់កណ្តាល​សតវត្សរ៍​ទី១៩ នៅពេល​ដែល​បំណែក​តូចៗ ដែល​គេ​រកឃើញ​នៅ​ក្នុងចន្លោះ ភពអង្គារ និង​ភពព្រហស្បតិ៍​មាន​កាន់តែច្រើនឡើង អ្នកវិទ្យាសាស្រ្ត​ក៏​ចាប់ផ្តើម​ដឹង​កាន់តែ​ច្បាស់​ថា ទាំងអស់​នេះ​មិនមែន​ជា​ភព​នោះទេ គឺ​គ្រាន់តែ​ជា​បំណែក​អាចម៍ផ្កាយតែ​ប៉ុណ្ណោះ ហើយ​ភព​ដែល​គេ​តាម​ប្រមាញ់​ទៅតាម​ការព្យាករ​ដោយ Bode's Law នោះ តាមពិតទៅ ក៏​មិនមែន​ជា​ភព​តែមួយនោះដែរ ផ្ទុយ​ទៅវិញ គឺ​ជា​ម៉ាស់​សរុប​នៃ ​បំណែក​តូចធំ​ ដែល​ស្ថិត​នៅរ៉ាយប៉ាយ​​ ក្នុងគន្លង​ចន្លោះ ពី​ភពអង្គារ និង​ភពព្រហស្បតិ៍ ហើយ​ដែល​គេ​ឲ្យ​ឈ្មោះ​ថា « ខ្សែក្រវាត់​អាចម៍ផ្កាយ »។

Wissenschaft im Brennpunkt - Deutschlandfunk
Hugh Aldersey-Williams: "Die Wellen des Lichts: Christiaan Huygens"

Wissenschaft im Brennpunkt - Deutschlandfunk

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2021 1:28


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Literatur - SWR2 lesenswert
Hugh Aldersey-Williams - Die Wellen des Lichts. Christiaan Huygens und die Erfindung der modernen Naturwissenschaft

Literatur - SWR2 lesenswert

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2021 5:13


Christiaan Huygens sagt heute nur Fachleuten etwas. Dabei gehört der Gelehrte aus dem 17. Jahrhundert in eine Reihe mit Größen wie Galileo Galilei oder Isaac Newton. Huygens entwarf eine Wellentheorie des Lichts, beobachtete Planeten und begründete die Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung. „Die Wellen des Lichts“ beleuchtet sein wundersames Wissenschaftler-Leben – eine lohnende Lektüre. Rezension von Dirk Lorenzen. Aus dem Englischen von Elsbeth Ranke und Sabine Reinhardus Hanser Verlag, 512 Seiten, 28 Euro ISBN 978-3-446-26770-1

Nerds Amalgamated
The Epic Gaming Saga, Bloody Space Concrete & Zombified Marvel Movies

Nerds Amalgamated

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 61:22


A judgment has been handed down in the Apple Vs Epic lawsuit. Now Apple has to allow third party payment systems. This could be the foot in the door to breaking Apple's monopolistic tactics.Concrete made from Astronaut blood is a potential solution to building on Mars. Let's hope it never gets to the point of keeping people locked up and farming them for building materials.Denis Villeneuve has joined the battle against Marvel movies turning everybody into zombies. A bit dramatic, but he's really not a fan. And his Dune movie is getting great reviews, so maybe he knows a thing or two.The Apple App Store Lawsuit : The Epic Conclusion & Star Grift Drama- https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-09-17-the-epic-vs-apple-judgement-leaves-much-undecided-opinion- https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-09-09-cloud-imperium-receives-asa-warning-over-marketing-concept-ships-in-star-citizenFrom the makers of Soylent Green comes Bloodcrete.- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210913135713.htm?fbclid=IwAR1Z3_WegQ3pQPBq7EZuZCP3KSTTy9l4H5mDsZCAR5kwcrXIKluLTbPuQBMAnother Director Slams Marvel Movies- https://thedirect.com/article/marvel-denis-villeneuve-movies-zombiesOther topics discussedSouth Korea bans Apple, Google from blocking third-party payments- https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-08-31-south-korea-bans-apple-google-from-blocking-third-party-paymentsEpic Games v. Google (The events and initial actions on Epic's lawsuit against Google were brought on the same day as Epic's suit against Apple, but Google stressed the legal situation around their case is far different.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games_v._Apple#Epic_Games_v._GoogleEpic Games v. Apple (a lawsuit brought by Epic Games against Apple in August 2020 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, related to Apple's practices in the iOS App Store.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games_v._AppleFortnite - Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite - #FreeFortnite- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euiSHuaw6Q4Duke Nukem Forever (a first-person shooter video game developed by 3D Realms and published by 2K Games for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Nukem_ForeverSilk Road (marketplace) (an online black market and the first modern darknet market, best known as a platform for selling illegal drugs.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_(marketplace)alyankovic - "Weird Al" Yankovic - White & Nerdy- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdwStar Citizen on Kickstarter- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cig/star-citizenElite Dangerous (Braben had previously discussed crowdfunding as a possible solution in April 2012. Public fundraising commenced in November 2012 using the Kickstarter website, the campaign lasting 60 days, with the aim being to raise £1.25m and deliver a finished game by March 2014. Braben described the campaign as a way of "test-marketing the concept to verify there is broader interest in such a game", in addition to raising the funds.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_Dangerous#FundingList of most expensive video games to develop (The following is a list of the most expensive video games ever developed, with a minimum total cost of US$50 million and sorted by the total cost adjusted for inflation.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_video_games_to_developThe Great British Bake Off (a British television baking competition, produced by Love Productions, in which a group of amateur bakers compete against each other in a series of rounds, attempting to impress a group of judges with their baking skills. One contestant is eliminated in each round, and the winner is selected from the contestants who reach the finals.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_British_Bake_OffI Made Meringues Out of My Own Blood and Ate Them- https://www.vice.com/en/article/7xgq4e/i-made-meringues-out-of-my-own-blood-and-ate-themThe Cask of Amontillado (a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cask_of_AmontilladoSoylent Green (a 1973 American ecological dystopian thriller film directed by Richard Fleischer, and starring Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young and Edward G. Robinson in his final film role.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_GreenImmurement (a form of imprisonment, usually until death, in which a person is sealed within an enclosed space with no exits.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImmurementScott Dickerson's tweet about Marvel movies- https://twitter.com/scottderrickson/status/1438679063036502020?s=19&fbclid=IwAR22tA8qShtHB_WGGgMTU6tfaUi3PZnb2hYYYIfP0j1otOinqlwtkTFCMqQHot racking (the sanctioned practice within military organizations of assigning more than one crew member to a bed or "rack" to reduce berthing (sleeping) space.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_rackingWii (a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was first released on November 19, 2006, in North America and in December 2006 for most other regions. It is Nintendo's fifth major home game console, following the GameCube, and is a seventh generation home console alongside Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiiPissed Off Video Gamer Archive - Nintendo Shitcube Review (Original)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2asDPQrv0Nw&t=140sCartoon Time Machine (TNC Podcast)- https://anchor.fm/cartoontimemachineShout Outs 10th September 2021 – Spider-Man's First Appearance In Amazing Fantasy #15 Sells For Record-Setting Comic Book Price Of $3.6 Million - https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/spider-man-first-appearance-amazing-fantasy-15-record-setting-sale/Spider-Man is now the hero behind the biggest comic book sale in history. While Batman and Superman previously set records with the sales of their debut comics, Spider-Man has officially taken the crown, thanks to a recent sale by Heritage Auctions. Amazing Fantasy #15 is the first issue in which Spider-Man, Marvel's most iconic superhero, appeared in comics. A copy of the original issue was sold this week for a whopping $3.6 million, making it the most expensive single comic issue of all time. The 1962 Marvel Comics issue breaks a record that was set by DC's Superman debut earlier this year. An issue of Action Comics #1, which debuted in 1938, previously sold for $3.25 million, which was the biggest sale at the time. The issue of Amazing Fantasy #15 that broke the sales record this week is one of the highest-graded issues of that comic in the entire world. That specific issue is graded CGC 9.6, meaning it's in near mint condition. It is one of only four issues to receive that grading. There are no copies graded CGC 9.8, the next-highest grading on the scale.14th September 2021 – 20th anniversary of Gamecube released in Japan - https://www.kotaku.com.au/2021/09/the-nintendo-gamecube-turns-twenty-today/On September 14, 2001, the GameCube first went on sale for the first time in Japan. Two months later, on November 18, the console was released in North America. Facing off against the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox, the GameCube was the first Nintendo console to use optical discs — though, the console wasn't designed to play DVDs or CDs like its rivals could. While the console was no all-inclusive living room entertainment hub, the GameCube did the video gaming part extremely well and boasted a solid library, including Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metroid Prime, Pikmin, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Super Mario Sunshine, Luigi's Mansion, Chibi-Robo!, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, among many others, such as third party exclusives like Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader as well as Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, which was a Metal Gear Solid remake co-developed by Silicon Knights that featured new cutscenes by filmmaker Ryuhei Kitamura of Godzilla: Final Wars fame. One of the most last legacies of the GameCube has been its controller. This is a controller design so good — so perfect — that Smash pros were getting their old ones repaired and that Nintendo even re-released it just for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for Nintendo Switch. Nintendo launched the Wii in 2006 and a year later, the previous gen console was discontinued. It wasn't the success that Nintendo hoped, but it occupies an important place in game console history.16th September 2021 – 100th anniversary of Sir Norman Brearley's first scheduled air service - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-16/brearley-commemorative-flight/100463236 A century after an accomplished young pilot made his mark on aviation history, 55 people have boarded 23 planes for a flight to commemorate his daring feat. The fleet departed Geraldton today as part of a tour following the route of Australia's first scheduled air service, which left the city for Derby on December 5, 1921, under the leadership of Major Norman Brearley. Later knighted for his services to aviation, Major Brearly had returned from the aerial battlefields of World War I with a swag of awards for bravery. He had survived being shot down in no man's land during the war and crawling back to English lines with bullet holes in both lungs. But the experience did little to dampen his enthusiasm for flying, and after the war he won a contract to launch the first scheduled air service in the country. The service was to change the lives of remote West Australians who had previously relied on boat and rail for mail and passenger transport.17th September 2021 – Home computing pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair dies passes away at 81 - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/16/home-computing-pioneer-sir-clive-sinclair-dies-aged-81 Sir Clive Sinclair, the inventor and entrepreneur who was instrumental in bringing home computers to the masses. Sinclair invented the pocket calculator but was best known for popularising the home computer, bringing it to British high-street stores at relatively affordable prices. Many modern-day titans of the games industry got their start on one of his ZX models. For a certain generation of gamer, the computer of choice was either the ZX Spectrum 48K or its rival, the Commodore 64. Elon Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX chief, commented on Twitter on an article calling Sir Clive the father of the ZX Spectrum: “RIP, Sir Sinclair. I loved that computer.” In the early 1970s he designed a series of calculators designed to be small and light enough to fit in the pocket at a time when most existing models were the size of an old-fashioned shop till. “He wanted to make things small and cheap so people could access them,” his daughter said. His first home computer, the ZX80, named after the year it appeared, revolutionised the market, although it was a far cry from today's models. At £79.95 in kit form and £99.95 assembled, it was about one-fifth of the price of other home computers at the time. It sold 50,000, units while its successor, the ZX81, which replaced it, cost £69.95 and sold 250,000. Many games industry veterans got their start typing programs into its touch-based keyboard and became hooked on games such as as 3D Monster Maze and Mazogs. Sinclair became a household name as his products flew off the shelves and was awarded a knighthood in 1983. But he would also become synonymous with one of his less successful inventions – the Sinclair C5 – which would cost him financially. He died from an illness related to cancer that he had for over a decade, in London.Remembrances14th September 1712 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Domenico_CassiniAn Italian (naturalised French) mathematician, astronomer and engineer. Cassini was born in Perinaldo, near Imperia, at that time in the County of Nice, part of the Savoyard state. Cassini is known for his work on astronomy and engineering. He discovered four satellites of the planet Saturn and noted the division of the rings of Saturn; the Cassini Division was named after him. Giovanni Domenico Cassini was also the first of his family to begin work on the project of creating a topographic map of France. The Cassini space probe, launched in 1997, was named after him and became the fourth to visit the planet Saturn and the first to orbit the planet. Cassini observed and published surface markings on Mars (earlier seen by Christiaan Huygens but not published), determined the rotation periods of Mars and Jupiter, and discovered four satellites of Saturn: Iapetus and Rhea in 1671 and 1672, and Tethys and Dione (1684).Cassini was the first to observe these four moons, which he called Sidera Lodoicea (the stars of Louis), including Iapetus, whose anomalous variations in brightness he correctly ascribed as being due to the presence of dark material on one hemisphere (now called Cassini Regio in his honour). In addition he discovered the Cassini Division in the rings of Saturn (1675). He shares with Robert Hooke credit for the discovery of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter (ca. 1665). Around 1690, Cassini was the first to observe differential rotation within Jupiter's atmosphere.Cassini initially held the Earth to be the centre of the Solar System, though later observations compelled him to accept the model of the Solar System proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus, and eventually that of Tycho Brahe. "In 1659 he presented a model of the planetary system that was in accord with the hypothesis of Nicolaus Copernicus. In 1661 he developed a method, inspired by Kepler's work, of mapping successive phases of solar eclipses; and in 1662 he published new tables of the sun, based on his observations at San Petronio." Cassini also rejected Newton's theory of gravity, after measurements he conducted which wrongly suggested that the Earth was elongated at its poles. More than forty years of controversy about the subject were closed in favour of Newton's theory after the measurements of the French Geodesic Mission (1736 to 1744) and the Lapponian expedition in 1737 led by Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis Cassini was also the first to make successful measurements of longitude by the method suggested by Galileo, using eclipses of the Galilean satellites as a clock.Attracted to the heavens in his youth, his first interest was in astrology. While young he read widely on the subject of astrology, and soon was very knowledgeable about it; this extensive knowledge of astrology led to his first appointment as an astronomer. Later in life he focused almost exclusively on astronomy and all but denounced astrology as he became increasingly involved in the Scientific Revolution.In 1653, Cassini, wishing to employ the use of a meridian line, sketched a plan for a new and larger meridian line but one that would be difficult to build. His calculations were precise; the construction succeeded perfectly; and its success gave Cassini a brilliant reputation for working with engineering and structural works.In the 1670s, Cassini began work on a project to create a topographic map of France, using Gemma Frisius's technique of triangulation. The project was continued by his son Jacques Cassini and eventually finished by his grandson César-François Cassini de Thury and published as the Carte de Cassini in 1789 or 1793. It was the first topographic map of an entire country.Famous Birthdays14th September 1921 – Paul Poberezny - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_PobereznyAmerican aviator, entrepreneur, and aircraft designer. He founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) in 1953, and spent the greater part of his life promoting homebuilt aircraft. Poberezny is widely considered as the first person to have popularized the tradition of aircraft homebuilding in the United States. Through his work founding EAA and the organization's annual convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, he had the reputation of helping inspire millions of people to get involved in grassroots aviation. Many attribute his legacy with the growth and sustainment of the US general aviation industry in the later part of the 20th century and into the early 21st. For the last two decades of his tenure as chairman of the EAA from 1989–2009, he worked closely with his son, aerobatic pilot and former EAA president Tom Poberezny, to expand the organization and create several new programs within it, including an aviation education program for youth and the EAA Museum, among other initiatives. Poberezny was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1999, received the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy in 2002, and was ranked fourth on Flying's list of the 51 Heroes of Aviation; he was the highest-ranked living person on the list at the time of its release. Poberezny founded the Experimental Aircraft Association out of his Hales Corners, Wisconsin home in 1953. It started as predominately an aircraft homebuilding organization in his basement, but later went on to capture all aspects of general aviation internationally.Poberezny flew over 500 aircraft types, including over 170 home-built planes throughout his life. He was introduced to aviation in 1936 at the age of 16 with the gift of a donated damaged WACO Primary Glider that he rebuilt and taught himself to fly. A high school teacher owned the glider and offered to pay Poberezny to repair it. He hauled it to his father's garage, borrowed books on building/repairing airplanes, and completed the restoration soon after. A friend used his car to tow the glider into the air with Poberezny at the controls; it rose to around a hundred feet when he released the tow rope and coasted to a gentle landing in a bed of alfalfa. A year later, Poberezny soloed at age 17 in a 1935 Porterfield and soon co-owned an American Eagle biplane.After returning home from World War II, Poberezny could not afford to buy his own aircraft, so he decided to build one himself. In 1955, he wrote a series of articles for the publication Mechanix Illustrated, where he described how an individual could buy a set of plans and build an airplane at home. In the magazine were also photos of himself fabricating the Baby Ace, an amateur-built aircraft (and the first to be marketed as a "homebuilt") that he bought the rights to for US$200 a few years prior. The articles became extremely popular and gave the concept of homebuilding worldwide acclaim.He designed, modified, and built several home-built aircraft, and had more than 30,000 hours of flight time in his career. Aircraft that he designed and built include:Acro Sport I & II"Little Audrey"Poberezny P-5 Pober SportPober Jr AcePober PixiePober Super AceHe was born in Leavenworth County, KansasEvents of Interest14th September 1914 – HMAS AE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, is lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_AE1#Deployment_and_loss At 07:00 on 14 September, AE1 departed Blanche Bay, Rabaul, to patrol off Cape Gazelle with HMAS Parramatta. When she had not returned by 20:00, several ships were dispatched to search for her. No trace of the submarine was found, and she was listed as lost with all hands. The disappearance was Australia's first major loss of World War I. After the discovery of the submarine in December 2017, Rear Admiral Peter Briggs, retired, said the likely cause of its loss was a diving accident. He added: The submarine appears to have struck the bottom with sufficient force to dislodge the fin from its footing, forcing it to hinge forward on its leading edge, impacting the casing. On 14 September 2018, a team of researchers headed by the National Maritime Museum director Kevin Sumption concluded their investigation into the sinking of AE1. They concluded that a ventilation valve, which was likely open to make the tropical conditions a little more bearable while the submarine was cruising on the surface near the Duke of York Islands, was insecure when the submarine dived, causing a flood of the submarine's engine room and total loss of control of the AE1. The submarine subsequently sank below 100 metres and imploded, killing everyone on board instantly.14th September 2007 – The Dark Hour premiered in Spain - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484273/ On this day in 2007 (in Spain), The Dark Hour enjoyed its theatrical release. The SciFi/Horror starred Omar Muñoz and Pepo Oliva, and here's the plot summary : "The eight year old boy Jesús has been living in a crumbling underground facility since he was born with eight survivors of an apocalyptic war: the leader Maria and her lover Pablo; the gays Lucas and Mateo; the astronomer Magdalena and the teenager Ana; the soldier Pedro and the lonely Judas. They are permanently under surveillance, threatened by the contaminated mutants The Strangers and once a day they have to lock themselves in their rooms without heating to protect against the dangerous ghosts The Invisibles that attack in the Cold Hour. They cannot go to the surface, destroyed by a nuclear war. When they need supplies, medications and ammunition, they organize expeditions to a store. When the menace of The Invisibles affects the safety of the group of survivors, they need to reach the surface."IntroArtist – Goblins from MarsSong Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJFollow us onFacebook- Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/- Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/440485136816406/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/Email - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.comSupport via Podhero- https://podhero.com/podcast/449127/nerds-amalgamated See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Doomsday: History's Most Dangerous Podcast
The Crash at Crush of 1896 | Episode 20

Doomsday: History's Most Dangerous Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2021 40:56


The Crash at Crush of 1896 Back in the day before marketing appeared in washrooms, projected on buildings, geo-targeted to your phone and dragged on banners across the sky, people could raise brand awareness by simply blowing things up. This is the story of the worst marketing stunt in American history. With anything, like music or social media or free speech, no form of communication is inherently evil. It all comes down to what you do with it. What will the cast of today's story do with it? On this episode you will hear about skull fractures, eye gouges, steam burns, people playing catch with flaming metal and showers of boiling water. Celebrity cameos include human monster PT Barnum, Dutch physicist Christiaan Huygens, and singer Susan BoyleFind us on any of your favorite channelsFuneralkazoo.com/doomsdayApple : https://tinyurl.com/5fnbumdwSpotify : https://tinyurl.com/73tb3uuwIHeartRadio : https://tinyurl.com/vwczpv5jStitcher : https://tinyurl.com/mcyxt6vwGoogle : https://tinyurl.com/3fjfxattSpreaker : https://tinyurl.com/fm5y22suPodchaser : https://tinyurl.com/263kda6wRadioPublic : https://tinyurl.com/w67b4kecPocketCasts. : https://pca.st/ef1165v3CastBox : https://tinyurl.com/4xjpptdrBreaker. : https://tinyurl.com/4cbpfaytDeezer. : https://tinyurl.com/5nmexvwtFollow us on the socials for moreFacebook : www.facebook.com/doomsdaypodcastInstagram : www.instagram.com/doomsdaypodcastTwitter : www.twitter.com/doomsdaypodcastIf you like the idea of your podcast hosts wearing more than duct tape and bits of old Halloween costumes for clothes and can spare a buck or two, you can now buy me a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/doomsdayFuneral Kazoo HQ : www.funeralkazoo.com

Curiosidad científica
Christiaan Huygens, uno de Los gigantes que Newton hablo.

Curiosidad científica

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2021 32:54


Nuevamente hablando de personas que nos llevaron hasta aquí, a descubrir este maravilloso mundo, sistema, galaxia y universo. Este personaje influyó no solo en astronomía, pero en todo tipo de ciencias y filosofía. Apóyanos en el link y buscando mis libros en Amazon. Gracias mis amigos @curiosidadcientificapodcast --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/agustin-valenzuela/support

逐工一幅天文圖 APOD Taigi
#171 土星 kah 伊 ê 六粒衛星 ft. 蔡老師 (20210706)

逐工一幅天文圖 APOD Taigi

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 2:31


土星 kah 伊 ê 六粒衛星 https://apod.tw/daily/20210706/ 土星有幾粒衛星?這馬已經揣著 82 粒矣。上細粒 ê 根本無夠一公里闊。這幅圖內底有上大粒 ê 六粒 衛星,是 13 張 tùi 較光 ê 行星短時間感光,kah 13 張 tùi 較光 ê 衛星長時間感光 ê 組合圖。這是頂個月 開 兩禮拜 ê 時間翕 ê。In 比月球較大,嘛比 金星 閣較大淡薄仔。土星上大粒 ê 衛星 Titan ê 直徑是 5150 公里闊。伊踅土星這粒 有環母行星 ê 完整運行軌道,差不多攏有翕著。土星第一粒予人知影 ê 衛星是 Titan,伊是 1655 年 荷蘭天文學家 Christiaan Huygens 發現 ê。毋閣 最近發現 ê 幾若粒新 ê 衛星 是 tī 2019 年發現 ê。Tī 軌道上正爿彼粒是土星第三大 ê 衛星,Iapetus。畫出來 ê Iapetus 軌道半徑實在是足大 ê,所以 tī 遮干焦看會著一部份爾爾。這個月 土星會 chhōa 木星 行過夜空,tī 日頭落山了後 ùi 東南爿 peh--起來,到 天光 進前攏看會著。 ——— 這是 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day ê 台語文 podcast 原文版:https://apod.nasa.gov/ 台文版:https://apod.tw/ 今仔日 ê 文章: 影像:Mohammad Ranjbaran; MR Thanks: Amir Ehteshami 音樂:PiSCO - 鼎鼎 聲優:蔡老師 翻譯:An-Li Tsai (NCU) 原文:https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210706.html Powered by Firstory Hosting

Hôm nay ngày gì?
8 tháng 7 là ngày gì? Hôm nay là ngày sinh của Son Heung-min, cầu thủ bóng đá người Hàn Quốc

Hôm nay ngày gì?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 2:26


8 tháng 7 là ngày gì? Hôm nay là ngày sinh của Son Heung-min, cầu thủ bóng đá người Hàn Quốc SỰ KIỆN 1497 – Thuyền trưởng Vasco da Gama, khởi hành chuyến đi đầu tiên thẳng từ châu Âu đến Ấn Độ. 1889 – Ấn bản đầu tiên của The Wall Street Journal được xuất bản. 1932 – Chỉ số công nghiệp Dow Jones bị tụt xuống mức thấp nhất trong cuộc Đại khủng hoảng, đóng cửa ở mức 41,22 điểm. 1994 – Kim Jong-il trở thành người lãnh đạo Triều Tiên khi cha ông là Kim Il-sung từ trần. 2011 – Tàu con thoi Atlantis được phóng trong phi vụ STS-135, phi vụ cuối cùng của chương trình tàu con thoi. 2014 - Đức đánh bại Brazil với tỷ số 7 - 1 trên sân nhà ở bán kết FIFA World Cup 2014 Sinh 1621 – Jean de La Fontaine, nhà thơ ngụ ngôn người Pháp (m. 1695) 1885 - Hugo Boss , nhà thiết kế thời trang người Đức, thành lập Hugo Boss 1992 – Son Heung-min, cầu thủ bóng đá người Hàn Quốc 1838 - Ferdinand von Zeppelin ,doanh nhân người Đức, thành lập Công ty Khí cầu Zeppelin (mất năm 1917) 1998 - Jaden Smith , diễn viên và rapper người Mỹ, con trai của ngôi sao điện ảnh Will Smith. Mất 1994 – Kim Nhật Thành, Chủ tịch nước Cộng hòa dân chủ nhân dân Triều Tiên (Bắc Triều Tiên). 1695 - Christiaan Huygens , nhà toán học, thiên văn học và vật lý học người Hà Lan (sinh năm 1629) Chương trình "Hôm nay ngày gì" hiện đã có mặt trên Youtube, Facebook và Spotify: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aweekmedia - Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AWeekTV - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rC4CgZ...... #aweektv #8thang7 #ngayhonthegioi Các video đều thuộc quyền sở hữu của Adwell jsc, mọi hành động sử dụng lại nội dung của chúng tôi đều không được phép. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aweek-tv/message

Hôm nay ngày gì?
Ngày 14 tháng 4 là ngày gì? Hôm nay là sinh của tuyển thủ quốc gia Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng

Hôm nay ngày gì?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2021 2:40


Ngày 14 tháng 4 là ngày gì? Ngày lễ và kỷ niệm Ngày Thanh niên: tổ chức ở Cabinda, Angola. Sinh - 1629 – Christiaan Huygens, nhà toán học, thiên văn học và vật lý học người Hà Lan (m. 1695). - 1868 – Peter Behrens, kiến trúc sư, nhà thiết kế Đức (m. 1940). - 1989 – Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng, cầu thủ bóng đá người Việt Nam - 1996 – Vũ Văn Thanh, cầu thủ bóng đá người Việt Nam Mất - 1759 – George Friedrich Handel, nhà soạn nhạc người Anh gốc Đức (s. 1685). - 1865 – Abraham Lincoln, tổng thống Mỹ thứ 16 (s. 1809) - 1917 – Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof, người sáng chế ra quốc tế ngữ Esperanto (s. 1859). - 2016 – Nguyễn Ánh 9, nhạc sĩ Việt Nam (s. 1940). SỰ KIỆN - 1865 – John Wilkes Booth ám sát tổng thống Mỹ Abraham Lincoln. Tổng thống Abraham Lincoln qua đời vào ngày hôm sau. - 1894 – Thomas Alva Edison, nhà phát minh người Mỹ trình bày máy chiếu phim sơ khai, có thể xem qua một cửa sổ nhỏ, thành tựu này là tiền thân của điện ảnh. - 1939 – Tiểu thuyết Chùm nho uất hận của nhà văn người Mỹ John Steinbeck được phát hành. - 1944 – Nổ lớn rung chuyển Cảng Bombay, làm chết 300 người, gây thiệt hại 20 triệu bảng Anh vào thời đó. - 1999 – Một trận mưa đá xảy ra tại Sydney, với khoảng 500.000 tấn mưa đá rơi xuống làm thiệt hại 2,3 tỷ đô la Úc, thiệt hại nặng nhất trong lịch sử kinh tế và bảo hiểm Úc. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aweek-tv/message

Avec ou sans élan
50- Synchronisation et exception

Avec ou sans élan

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 9:59


Prêt pour un voyage dans le temps? Je t'emmène en 1665, une lointaine époque où un mathématicien-astronome et physicien Hollandais a fait une découverte que je trouve fascinante. Christiaan Huygens de son petit nom a remarqué que deux horloges à balancier, mises cote à cote, se mettaient en opposition de phase quelle que soit leur position de départ. Reprenons cette histoire palpitante : qu'est-ce que c'est que l'opposition de phase? C'est quand le balancier de l'horloge 1 va à droite en même temps que le balancier de l'horloge 2 va à gauche. Ce qui est intéressant, c'est que les horloges se synchronisent petit à petit, quelle que soit leur mouvement de balancier initial. Et si on y regarde de plus près, ce que je trouve encore plus fascinant, c'est qu'en les mettant face à face, elles se retrouvent donc en miroir, leurs balanciers font le même mouvement en même temps! Ca ne te rappelle rien? La synchronisation revient à se placer sur la même longueur d'ondes que son interlocuteur. Par exemple en adoptant le même rythme respiratoire et le même débit de parole que lui. Mais également en reprenant ses gestes, son attitude et parfois en utilisant son vocabulaire. Ne faire qu'un avec son client, sans pour autant l'imiter maladroitement et le singer (auquel cas, on prend le risque de se le mettre à dos! Personne n'apprécie de croire qu'on se moque de lui!). Dans le cas des horloges, ce que j'ai aimé, c'est qu'il est histoire de vibrations, d'ondes et d'énergie. Trois mots forts que j'ai envie de transposer côté business! Pour participer à l'épisode des 1 ans du podcast, c'est super simple! * que faut-il pour être l'exception, ou que faut-il pour être une personne exceptionnelle? * pour répondre, message vocal sur Instagram OU fichier MP3 à m'envoyer à contact@mamzellepastel.fr

This Day in History Class
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire / Saturn's moon Titan discovered - March 25

This Day in History Class

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 15:02


On this day in 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory caught fire, and more than 100 workers died. / On this day in 1655, Christiaan Huygens first observed Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Acting Funny
What is a magic lantern?

Acting Funny

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 54:28


What did people watch before movies?In our modern lives, I think it’s deceptively easy to get into a mindset of imagining our ancestors just patiently waiting for someone to invent cinema so they’d have something to entertain themselves.But, in reality we know that humans have been seeking out ways to entertain themselves since the first cave dweller figured out how to make his friends and family laugh at shadows on the cave wall. When cinema arrived in 1895, it was just the latest in a long line of entertainment options we’ve created to keep ourselves amused on this little planet of ours.The story of film comedy is about invention and evolution. Cinema itself is an amalgamation of new technologies and older repurposed inventions. It is both technology and art working in partnership.Comedy is the same way in that there are many branches on comedy’s family tree before we get to the particular descendant we call film comedy.So, in the spirit of providing context to the history of film comedy, every so often we may venture off the main timeline to go back and look at some of these technologies and art forms that paved the way for the movies that make us laugh today. And that’s why this episode finds us dropping into the middle of the 17th century, about two-and-a-half centuries before the Lumière brothers first recorded their comedy film L’Arroseur arrosé.Some links of interest from this episode:Guest Links:Jeremy Brooker: magic lantern performance and research websiteIan Christie: website - TwitterFilms Referenced in This Episode: (Links can be found on the Movie Listings page)Chaplin (dir. Richard Attenborough) - 1992.The Countryman and the Cinematograph (dir. Robert W. Paul) - 1901.La Lanterne magique (dir. Georges Méliès) - 1903.A Night in the Show (dir. Charles Chaplin) - 1915.The Omen (dir. Richard Donner) - 1976.Rough Sea at Dover (dir. Birt Acres and Robert W. Paul) - 1895.Books Referenced in This Episode: (Links can be found on the Resources page)Christie, Ian. Robert W. Paul and the Origins of British Cinema.Other Resources and Links of Interest Mentioned in This Episode:The Magic Lantern Society: website - TwitterHow Bill Adams Won the Battle of Waterloo (magic lantern performance created by The Great Snazelle) - YouTubeWikipedia articles: Christiaan Huygens - Loie Fuller - Restoration TheatreMagic Lantern Society article on The Great Snazelle (pdf)Episode Sponsor - Offbeat AgentEpisode Credits -Shane Rhyne, host and writer: Website - Bandcamp - Twitter - FacebookSaint Thomas LeDoux, theme music composer: Bandcamp - InstagramKyle Tollett, audio editing and engineering.Tamara Rhyne, media/communications: Twitter - FacebookAndy Forrester, logo design: Websiteadditional music in this episode by Pontus Tidemand: Website/License

Unshakable Self-Confidence
How To Get Rid Of Toxic People In Your Life

Unshakable Self-Confidence

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 5:45


Are you surrounded by toxic people and friends? Want to know how to get away from them, to get them out of your life? Listen in as I discuss the Jean Harlow quote, “When you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.” I also discuss the Systems Theory, discovered in 1665 by Christiaan Huygens, and the William Turner proverb from 1545, “Birds of a feather flock together.”

Podcast da Raphus Press
O fluxo e a torrente (fragmentos heréticos, parte 1)

Podcast da Raphus Press

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020 24:42


Apoie o canal: https://apoia.se/podcastdaraphus. Ou adquira nossos livros em nosso site: http://raphuspress.weebly.com. Dúvidas sobre envio, formas de pagamento, etc.: http://raphuspress.weebly.com/contact.html. O fluxo e a torrente (fragmentos heréticos, parte 1) (Anfiteatro do Esquecimento - ep. 12) “(...) sinto vergonha pela forma com que isto [a lanterna mágica] veio a ser conhecido como sendo de minha lavra. As pessoas são gentis por afetarem maravilhamento, mas posteriormente vão ridicularizar tal feito, e não sem razão." (Christiaan Huygens, inventor da lanterna mágica, em carta a seu irmão, Lodewijk, tentando ocultar e sabotar seu próprio invento, que seria demonstrado publicamente por seu pai, Constantijn) A heresia sobreviveu, em grande parte, pela insegurança de seus algozes, os ortodoxos, os dogmáticos. Pois o dogma existe diante da perspectiva dele ser quebrado – daí a necessidade obsessiva de registro da heresia, procedimento que possibilitou ao pesquisador (historiadores, escritores, editores), posteriormente, mergulhar nesses registros fragmentários para recuperar a fúria do pensamento herético. Nesse sentido, Johannes van der Beeck, aliás Torrentius (1589-1644) permanece um caso único: herege da imagem, teve suas pinturas destruídas com uma única exceção – sua "natureza morta" emblemática, que permanece um mistério até os dias de hoje. Indicações: - DVD "Mysterious Masterpiece", dirigido por Maarten de Kroon (https://webshop.dutchlightfilms.com/winkel/mysterious-masterpiece/). - Howell, Brian. The Stream and the Torrent. Bucharest/Düsseldorf: Les Éditions de L'Oubli/Zagava, 2014. - ________. The Curious Case of Jan Torrentius. Düsseldorf: Zagava, 2017. - No ano de 2017, realizei uma longa entrevista com Brian Howell a respeito de seu romance genial, disponível (em inglês) no link a seguir: http://bibliophagus.weebly.com/blog/the-flux-and-the-torrent-interview-with-brian-howell. Música: Etude Opus 2 No 1 Exzel Music Publishing (freemusicpublicdomain.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Nosso podcast também está disponível nas seguintes plataformas: - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NUiqPPTMdnezdKmvWDXHs - Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-da-raphus-press/id1488391151?uo=4 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xMDlmZmVjNC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw%3D%3D

Spectator Books
Hugh Aldersey-Williams: The Making of Science in Europe

Spectator Books

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2020 33:36


If you know the name of Christiaan Huygens at all, it'll probably be as the man who gave his name to a space probe. But Hugh Aldersey-Williams, author of Dutch Light: Christaan Huygens and the Making of Science in Europe, joins this week's Book Club podcast to argues that this half-forgotten figure was the most important scientist between Galileo and Newton. He tells a remarkable story of advances in optics, geometry, probability, mathematics, astronomy - as well as the invention of the pendulum clock and the discovery of the rings of Saturn - against the backdrop of a turbulent post-Reformation Europe and the beginnings of an international scientific community. Plus, we identify an early-modern prototype for Dominic Cummings in the court of Louis XIV.  

Travels Through Time
Hugh Aldersey-Williams: Christiaan Huygens (1655)

Travels Through Time

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 53:03


In this episode of Travels Through Time the author and journalist Hugh Aldersey-Williams takes us back to 1655 and the vibrant heart of the Dutch Golden Age to meet Christiaan Huygens, a figure oddly forgotten by us today but who was once venerated as the greatest mathematician, astronomer and physicist of his age. Hugh guides us back to the year 1655 to see Christiaan make his thrilling discovery of one of Saturn's moons; to watch him struggle with the mathematical problem of pendular motion, and to follow him as he enters Paris - the city he would come to love - for the very first time. Much much more about the scenes, characters and materials discussed in this conversation can be found at www.tttpodcast.com The discussion in this episode of Travels Through Time arises from the characters and events described by Hugh Aldersey-Williams in his new book, Dutch Light: Christiaan Huygens and the making of science in Europe which is recently published in hardback by Picador Show notes Scene One: 25 March 1655. With Christiaan and his telescope in the garden of the Huygens’s house in The Hague. The discovery of Saturn’s moon later to be called Titan. Scene Two: 4 March 1655, Huygens recommends a Polish inventor’s clock for Dutch patent, demonstrating that he is already thinking about the problem of pendular motion. Scene Three: 23 July 1655, Huygens arrives in Paris - the city that he would grow to love - for the very first time Memento: One of Huygens’s magic lanterns People Presenter: Peter Moore Guest: Hugh Aldersey-Williams Production: Maria Nolan Podcast partner: Colorgraph Follow us on Twitter: @tttpodcast_ See where 1655 fits on our Timeline

Geekorama
S1E08 - Book Club: A Himba named Binti & A Daring Devil with Hope

Geekorama

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 49:54


Having difficulties coping during this turbulent time? We are all struggling. If you need somebody to listen, you can reach out to https://www.takethis.org.Trish -started implementing some homeschooling for the girls, which is going well, especially since her husband is home with her. And she’s on the mend from the swine flu, finally!Jeremy - Isolation, my ass! Jeremy is working at lightning speeds again and after throwing away an unsuccessful novel, he’s back into it. He’s hoping to release his urban fantasy superhero prequel series in the next couple of months.  This month in Pop-Culture History1655 - Saturn's largest moon, Titan, was discovered by Christiaan Huygens.In 1963 Tony Stark premiers in Tales of Suspense #39 by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Don HeckIn 1964 Scarlet Witch premiers in X-Men #4 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby Deep Dive: Book Club EditionTrish’s Selection: The Binti Novella Trilogy by Nnedi OkoraforThe first novella is a Hugo and Nebula award-winner where we are introduced to a young Himba girl named Binti who has the chance to attend the prestigious Oomza University. Binti has a talent for mathematics and is a master harmonizer. But on the way to the planet where Oomza is located, aliens called the Medusae attack, leaving Binti as the lone student survivor. She has to fend for herself and survive the five-day journey with a shipful of the aliens.  Binti discovers that the Medusae are planning an attack and so she has to try and broker a peace agreement between them and the leaders of Oomza. What happens transforms her in more ways than one, and Binti’s life is forever changed. She becomes even more of an outsider to the Himba people than she was by simply leaving, and becomes an object of curiosity at best and revulsion at worst by those around her.The three novellas have themes of transformation, being an outsider and the courage to enact necessary change when everything is resisting that change.  They are simply and beautifully written, the world-building is simply done without a lot of explanation and yet I wasn’t lost at all. I highly recommend reading the trilogy as one complete novel because you get a really compelling, complete story.  Jeremy's Selection: Daredevil: The Man Without FearBy: Frank Miller (Author) and John Romita Jr. (Artist)Originally created by Stan Lee and Bill Everette in 1964 and known as the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen. However, amongst the many stories about this “street level” vigilante, one will always rise to the top. In 1993, a limited edition, five issue comic was released blending the solemn and poetic words of Frank Miller along with the gritty and violent artwork of John Romita Jr. The story delves into the origin of Daredevil, taking key moments from his childhood, teen, college and adult life that led him to wear the suit. What we quickly learn is that Matt Murdock is not the hero we need, he’s the hero we deserve. Surrounded by tragedy, first with the death of his father, then the abandonment of Stick and later Elektra, Matt tightly holds onto the shred of humanity that puts him just slightly on the right side of good and wrong. What makes this story unique does come from the origin story itself, or the tragedy Murdock faces on his way to becoming a masked vigilante. No, the beauty of the story comes from an almost cold detached narrator giving us insight into what we’re seeing. Written in third person, we are left wondering if these words are from some godlike figure, or if they’re Murdock himself from the future looking back. The simple statements packed with emotion, both good and bad, rope in the reader and take them on a turbulent ride. By book five, when we finally see Murdock don the classic red devil costume, it feels earned, as if he was given no other option. We the reader are left feeling that it is the only choice we could have made. In five issues, we are given an emotional landslide that provides context for the existence of another person, or at least, a devil.Rating: Five out of Five StarsWant to Join our Book & Comic Review for April:  Trish ReviewsTrail of Lightning: By Rebekah Roanhorse https://amzn.to/2UEdbZI Jeremy ReviewsThe Walking Dead: Volume 1https://amzn.to/2QGK9rt 

This Day in History Class
Saturn's moon Titan discovered - March 25, 1655

This Day in History Class

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2020 5:40


On this day in 1655, Christiaan Huygens first observed Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Sternengeschichten
Sternengeschichten Folge 382: Der Saturnmond Tethys

Sternengeschichten

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2020 12:16


Tethys ist cool. Immerhin ist er ja auch ein Eismond des Saturn, da muss man cool sein. Der Mond ist aber auch enorm faszinierend, wie ich in der neuen Folge des Sternengeschichten-Podcast erzähle.

Relações Simplificadas
Gestão do tempo de lazer - Episódio 39

Relações Simplificadas

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2019 8:57


Nem todo tempo, nem toda temporalidade, deve se submeter ao tempo do relógio, do cronômetro, da fábrica. Já parou para pensar quanto do seu tempo de lazer continua obedecendo a esse tempo fabril? O nosso tempo de lazer "pode" ser nosso. A ênfase no "pode" é porque às vezes ele é sequestrado pelo cronômetro. Este episódio realça a importância de nos encontrarmos com as nossas próprias temporalidades. Falamos do tempo orgânico, o tempo do despertar quando já estamos descansados, o tempo de ouvir uma história de uma pessoa querida, o tempo dos bons encontros. "Gestão" do tempo de lazer é #CuidarDoQueTeFazBem *** Pesquisa sobre o relógio de pêndulo de Christiaan Huygens: http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbef/v27n2/a01v27n2.pdf *** Para conhecer nossos workshops e saber mais sobre esse trabalho de desenvolvimento humano que une as linguagens da psicanálise e do palhaço, acesse: www.RelaçõesSimplificadas.com.br ou entre em contato pelo +55 11 9.9118.7804. *** Edição: Pernilongo Filmes #CulturaPsi #APalhaçaeOPsicanalista #NinaCampos #FranciscoNogueira #RelaçõesSimplificadas #LazerAtivismo

Escuchando Documentales
Misterios de la Vida en el Universo #documental #universo #ciencia #podcast

Escuchando Documentales

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2018 30:00


Neil deGrasse Tyson examina el origen de la vida en el universo. Parte de considerar algunas reflexiones realizadas por el astrónomo Christiaan Huygens antes de analizar por qué el origen de la vida es un tema científico tan difícil. Analiza el planeta Tierra a una temprana edad y explica por qué sólo hay un árbol de la vida. Explica como los extremófilos tienen la capacidad de vivir en ambientes hostiles que parecen imposibles para la vida y examina la teoría de que la vida microscópica pudo haber llegado originalmente a la Tierra desde el espacio exterior. Habla de quiralidad en moléculas orgánicas antes de entrar a analizar la cuestión de la vida inteligente.

Escuchando Documentales
Misterios de la Vida en el Universo #documental #universo #ciencia #podcast

Escuchando Documentales

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2018 30:00


Neil deGrasse Tyson examina el origen de la vida en el universo. Parte de considerar algunas reflexiones realizadas por el astrónomo Christiaan Huygens antes de analizar por qué el origen de la vida es un tema científico tan difícil. Analiza el planeta Tierra a una temprana edad y explica por qué sólo hay un árbol de la vida. Explica como los extremófilos tienen la capacidad de vivir en ambientes hostiles que parecen imposibles para la vida y examina la teoría de que la vida microscópica pudo haber llegado originalmente a la Tierra desde el espacio exterior. Habla de quiralidad en moléculas orgánicas antes de entrar a analizar la cuestión de la vida inteligente.

The Scientific Odyssey
Episode 3.31: To The Stars

The Scientific Odyssey

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2017 44:58


In this episode we look at the various methods to determine the distances to the stars including Christiaan Huygens' comparison method, Robert Hooke's zenith telescope and Wilhelm Struve's and Freidrich Bessel's telescopic measurements.  We also review the various ideas as to the distributions of these stars as advanced by Isaac Newton, William Stuckley, Thomas Wright and William Herschel.

50 Things That Made the Modern Economy

There’s no such thing as “the correct time”. Like the value of money, it’s a convention that derives its usefulness from the widespread acceptance of others. But there is such a thing as accurate timekeeping. That dates from 1656, and a Dutchman named Christiaan Huygens. In the centuries since, as Tim Harford explains, the clock has become utterly essential to almost every area of the modern economy. Producer: Ben Crighton Editors: Richard Knight and Richard Vadon (Image: A wall clock. Credit: Shutterstock)

The Scientific Odyssey
Episode 3.26: Setting the Stage

The Scientific Odyssey

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2017 49:40


In this episode, we look at the work of four men who bridge the period between Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton: Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Rene Descartes, Christiaan Huygens and Robert Hooke.  In this discussion we pay particular attention to each man's work in physics that will set the stage for Newton's great synthesis.

In Our Time: Science

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the planet Saturn with its rings of ice and rock and over 60 moons. In 1610, Galileo used an early telescope to observe Saturn, one of the brightest points in the night sky, but could not make sense of what he saw: perhaps two large moons on either side. When he looked a few years later, those supposed moons had disappeared. It was another forty years before Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens solved the mystery, realizing the moons were really a system of rings. Successive astronomers added more detail, with the greatest leaps forward in the last forty years. The Pioneer 11 spacecraft and two Voyager missions have flown by, sending back the first close-up images, and Cassini is still there, in orbit, confirming Saturn, with its rings and many moons, as one of the most intriguing and beautiful planets in our Solar System. With Carolin Crawford Public Astronomer at the Institute of Astronomy and Fellow of Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge Michele Dougherty Professor of Space Physics at Imperial College London And Andrew Coates Deputy Director in charge of the Solar System at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory at UCL.

In Our Time
Saturn

In Our Time

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2016 46:55


Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the planet Saturn with its rings of ice and rock and over 60 moons. In 1610, Galileo used an early telescope to observe Saturn, one of the brightest points in the night sky, but could not make sense of what he saw: perhaps two large moons on either side. When he looked a few years later, those supposed moons had disappeared. It was another forty years before Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens solved the mystery, realizing the moons were really a system of rings. Successive astronomers added more detail, with the greatest leaps forward in the last forty years. The Pioneer 11 spacecraft and two Voyager missions have flown by, sending back the first close-up images, and Cassini is still there, in orbit, confirming Saturn, with its rings and many moons, as one of the most intriguing and beautiful planets in our Solar System. With Carolin Crawford Public Astronomer at the Institute of Astronomy and Fellow of Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge Michele Dougherty Professor of Space Physics at Imperial College London And Andrew Coates Deputy Director in charge of the Solar System at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory at UCL.

Startup Geometry Podcast
EP 014 Renaissance Mathematicus Thony Christie

Startup Geometry Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2015 83:00


Thony Christie, historian of science and proprietor of the Renaissance Mathematicus and Whewell's Ghost stops by to talk about Galileo, Newton, the Copernican controversy, and why it was smart to believe that the Earth didn't move. The story of how we came to understand that the Earth was not the center of the Universe is one of the most fascinating stories in the whole of the history of science. The debate over Copernicus' heliocentric model lasted for centuries, and was carried out by mathematicians, theologians, philosophers and scientists. Observational evidence initially favored a geocentric model, and definitive proof did not appear until long after the first precise data (captured by Tycho Brahe and compiled by Kepler) had persuaded most scientists of their truth. Independent scholar Thony Christie takes us through the debate on this episode of Startup Geometry.   [0.0.16] How did you get into the study of the History of Science? Eric Temple Bell Men of Mathematics. History of Mathematics and Logic: Church’s list of formal logicians, Boole, Jevons, and others.   [0.3.50] Renaissance Mathematicus and Whewell’s Gazette/Whewell’s Ghost (Whewell pronounced “Hewell”). John Wilkins, historian of biology.   [0.6.30] What was a “mathematicus”? Fields of study: astrology, astronomy, mathematics, cartography, design of engines of war, (sun)dialing, volumetrics.   Leonardo DaVinci once sent a letter describing his skills in some of these areas.   [0.14.46] Christoff Clavius. The Galileo Affair. Heliocentricity. Cardinal Barberini. Who can interpret the Bible? Cardinal Bellarmine. The difference between proof and speculation.   [0.27.00] Giordano Bruno. Miguel Serveto (Servetus).   [0.28.14] Newton. Newton & alchemy. Newton & religion. Kepler. Prisca Theologia.   [0.35.44] Interpreting Early Modern systems of thought. Lawrence Principe and William R Newman’s modern alchemical experiments. Phlogiston. Problems with turning lead into gold. (Not a problem for us, but requires a huge particle accelerator.) Roger Bacon.   [0.44.23] Newton predicted the end of the world (not before 2060). Other predictions of the end of the world. Jehovah’s Witnesses. The University of Chicago study of the Millerites.   [0.47.47] Discussion of the various Renaissance world systems or models of the universe. Why it’s obvious that the Earth doesn’t move. Tycho Brahe. Johannes Kepler. Gilbert, On the Magnet. How it was finally proved that the Earth does move. Chris Graney on star sizes, Setting Aside All Authority. Torricelli.   [1.00.00] The Rudolphine Tables. Not proof, but Kepler’s system fits the data, so Kepler’s model is probably right. Heliometers and elliptical orbits. Bradley, 1725, finds elliptical movement of stars due to Earth’s movement. Christiaan Huygens. The Earth bulges at the Equator and is flattened at the poles. Later confirmed by stellar parallax, Bessel, 1838.   [1.08.18] Book recommendations. Richard Westfall, Life of Isaac Newton. John Heilbronn, Galileo. Chris Graney, Setting Aside All Authority. Eric Scerri, The Periodic Table. My recs: Deborah Harkness, The Jewel House of Nature. (she also rediscovered The Book of Soyga, which was part of John Dee’s library, and is also a really good fiction writer.) Lost Enlightenment S. Frederick Starr.  

Astronomy Cast
AstronomyCast 230: Christiaan Huygens

Astronomy Cast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2011 24:51


AstronomyCast 230: Christiaan Huygens, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay

14. Stars 1
Estimating Star Distances

14. Stars 1

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2011 1:15


Transcript: It’s amazing to think that the Sun, which dominates the daytime sky and brings warmth and life to the Earth, is fundamentally the same as the stars in the night sky. Galileo started this thinking with his observations using the telescope to show that the stars in the night sky have a huge range of apparent brightness. Perhaps the Sun is just the very brightest of these stars. In the late seventeenth century Christiaan Huygens estimated the distance to the stars by emitting sunlight through a pinhole and adjusting the pinhole until the light that entered was the same as from the bright star Sirius. It was one-twenty-seven-thousandth of the Sun light implying to Huygens that Sirius was twenty-seven thousand times further away than the Sun. Newton used a similar reasoning by using Saturn as a mirror reflecting sunlight and comparing its brightness to the bright stars. Also, the inverse square law could be used to estimate that the brightest stars may be as much as 100 thousand times further away than the Sun. These are all crude estimates that make fundamental assumptions about the nature of the stars relative to the Sun.