Archive for August, 2007

037 - Hole in the Universe

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Scientists have discovered a hole in the universe. A discussion on what they found, plus pin of the episode, listener feedback, and a brain teaser.
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Sunday, August 26th, 2007

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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

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Sunday, August 5th, 2007

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036 - Dr Adrian Gentle - Regge Calculus continued

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

Part 2 of an interview with Dr Adrian Gentle on Regge Calculus - a mathematics that is used to describe space-time. Please listen to episode 35 as an introduction to this episode.
Dr Gentle’s web page is at: http://www.usi.edu/science/math/apgentle/ and his papers can be found at arxiv.org
Wikipedia link on Regge calculus:
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