Macbeth’s Resilient Kingdom
What does a tragedy look like when you step back from the poetry and chart the relationships instead? Can we map the betrayals, alliances, and power struggles of Macbeth? Yes. The result is a social network of the play. Here’s the map: Macbeth as a network of characters and their interactions. You can watch it “read itself” scene by scene […]
An Educational Satellite Explorer—Built with AI
How we built a single-file, offline satellite visualization app with AI. The method: Define a role for the AI, plan-then-proceed, and use evidence (show images, don’t just tell) to drive development. We built a single-file, offline web app that visualizes two satellites and a ground station. It displays everything on a 2D map and a […]
Astrophotography
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Tidal Acceleration
An example of tidal acceleration discussed in General Relativity. It shows a ring of particles free falling in a non-uniform gravitational field. Specifically 5 gram dice falling toward a 1000 kg “bowling ball”, time is speed up. The program Universe Sandbox was used in creating this simulation. General Relativity. A few short lectures by Avi Rabinowitz, […]
Exploding Liquid Nitrogen
I read an article by Rhett Allain. “Exploding Liquid Nitrogen: Where Does the Energy Come From?” This article examines a video of an exploding 2 liter plastic bottle. A small amount of liquid nitrogen, about 50 ml, was poured into the plastic bottle and a cap was screwed on. As the liquid nitrogen changed into […]
Spectrogram Rachele Gilmore
A spectrogram of Rachele Gilmore singing “The Doll’s Song,” from the 2009 Metropolitan Opera production of “Tales Of Hoffman”. It shows the last 30 seconds of this song. A-flat above high C is marked on the spectrogram at the end of this video. I found out about Rachele Gilmore from this most excellent article. Rachele Gilmore’s […]