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Showing posts with label physics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label physics. Show all posts

Saturday, November 18, 2006

Orbit

Nice game where you set a comet in motion amidst a set of planets fixed in space. Your objective: to place the comet thus, that it remains in motion till the blue timer bar runs off. I bet Newton would win this game every time if he played :)
Very addictive!

Monday, November 13, 2006

Lunar Lander

Here's a remake of a game that you might have already come across in your life.
The objective is simple, to use the thrusters on the shuttle so that it can land on the various pods without breeching the safety limit velocity.
The original version was known to have caused quite a few missed appointments.

Friday, October 27, 2006

The elephant who fell in to a Black Hole

Stephen Hawking admitted he was wrong in his belief on black hole radiation. It was due to the ground breaking work of a young theorist named Juan Maldacena.
Do black holes really consume the information?
Is the entire universe an enormous cosmic hologram projected from its boundary? Is the location and fate of the elephant different based on where is the observer? This short article written in a lucid and comprehensive manner aims to answer all these questions.