Quantumleap42

A blog by an astrophysicist mostly about things that have nothing to do with astrophysics.

Monday, May 31, 2010

What I Like About the Earth: Part 12, Pothos Ivy

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One of my favorite house plants is something called Pothos Ivy , also called Golden Pothos or Epipremnum aureum . It is a simple plant that...
Sunday, May 30, 2010

Warning Signs at the NC Zoo

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...and the reason why they posted the last one... ...yeah that's all they do.
Saturday, May 29, 2010

Book of Mormon Place Names in New York?

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There is a theory out there about how Joseph Smith came up with some of the place names in the Book of Mormon by copying (and changing sligh...
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Sunday, May 23, 2010

My Qualifying Exam

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I passed my qualifying exam. I actually took it two weeks ago but I just found out today that I passed it. I have a much longer explanation ...
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Failing (Second) Marriages?

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The other day I was reading a story and one woman in the story expressed the thought that there was no point in getting married a second tim...
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Sunday, April 18, 2010

On How We Know It's True

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I just thought that I would share some thoughts on how we know something to be true. I was impressed the last few days as I was reading in 3...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Perspective on Government Debt

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I came across this the other day and I thought that it gave an interesting perspective on government debt. One of the problems with a lot of...
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I earned my PhD in physics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. My particular field of research is astrophysics and I like to study medium sized objects like galaxies, as opposed to stars (small), galaxy clusters (large) and the universe (very large).
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