The Big Science Read 2008
I seem to spend most of my days sat in front of a computer. Although I tend to be reading a screen in one form or another I don't feel that I actually spend enough time sitting down with a good, eye-strain-free, book.
For many years in the UK we have had various national book weeks - this year running from October 6th to 12th - to encourage kids to read more. In fact, I remember taking part in one myself when I was at school. My class were even lucky enough to receive a personal letter from the brilliant author Roald Dahl thanking us for all the events we organised.
Of course book weeks focus on reading in general and usually encourage people to read fiction. However, the arts and the sciences are not mutually exclusive things and there is no reason for them to be separate. So, this year sees the launch, in Manchester, of the Big Science Read. The aim is to encourage people to "explore, re-discover and get excited about" science-themed books. That includes both science fact and science fiction. I think this is a great idea and I have just started reading a pretty interesting science-themed book myself. I'll post a review of it here in a few days time.
Go lose yourself in a book for a while.
Comments: The Big Science Read 2008
A mathematical why of the Big Bang
Outline
Let Ui be a set of locations of particles of the universe.
U1xU2x ...... xUix ..... a set of infinite paths
(Cartesian product of sets of urelements).
this set is equal to the void set by the
negation of the axiom of choice.
So there is no more space containing the particles.
The particles collapse on themselves: Big Crunch.
Then Big Bang.
The Big Bang has taken place thus the negation of the axiom
of choice is likely to be considered as a good axiom.
Adib Ben Jebara.
Posted by Adib Ben Jebara on Friday 18th Jul 2008 (02:46 UTC)