Fun #physics lab - measuring the energy in a capacitor by discharging it. #iteachphysics

https://rjallain.medium.com/physics-lab-energy-stored-in-a-charged-capacitor-d4e91d3d3bd5?sk=7a5a88e3d39464a520899a1f5b5d45d0

Warp speed is some time away, but we are making progress. Fancy a trip to Mars?

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Caution - Nerdiness

So I was watching Sean Carrol talk about scale in terms of energy in electron volts.. from a neutrino at possibly around 10^-3 ev to 10^37 ev.. the top of the Planck scale at around a freight train's energy.

So Im thinkin..well.. freight train isnt so much.. but then..thats
**for every particle** like.. a few drops of water has trillions..

Mind Blown

#physics
#scale
#mindblown

In the song Slug, Brian Eno manages to exploit U2 to create a disorienting, exciting tune more worthy of the Talking Heads. The trick is to have Bono intone the same short descending melody over and over, with different lyrics, while the instruments in the background slowly expand and change.

It's important that the lyrics don't make too much sense, and while I said "the same short melody", it's crucially important that sometimes one note changes by one semitone, to create a sense of progression. Putting it all together, the effect is quite dreamlike.

It's structurally like a very different song U2 did....

(1/2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdoGAHwpcRs&list=PLuAO-1XXEh0b0fuWwaKRFCaoziPr2f7tg&index=22