Friday, November 12, 2010

New Regime of Fineness

[In his Monadology 1] true substances were explained as metaphysical points which, Leibniz asserted, are both real and exact — mathematical points being exact but not real and physical ones being real but not exact 2.




Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monadology

1.^ Leibniz G., The Monadology translated by George MacDonald Ross, 1999
2.^ Leibniz G., New System §11
Image: Controlled-NOT Molecular Gates of NMR-type Quantum Computer
http://www.carolla.com/quantum/QuantumComputers.htm

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Natural Engine

Five brand new close-ups of comet 103P/Hartley 2 arrived at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab...at 8:02 Pacific time this morning.


The Deep Impact probe (now on a mission called EPOXI) passed by comet Hartley 2 at 7:01 a.m. PDT... The probe flew through the comet’s diffuse corona at about 27,500 miles per hour and came within 435 miles of its icy, dirty core.

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/11/epoxi-comet-flyby/