Quantumleap42

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

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Escaping the Paradox: Heaps, Pirates, M. C. Escher and Language

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There is an ancient paradox that goes something like this: Imagine you have 10,000 grains of sand. If you had that much sand you would ca...
Sunday, February 21, 2016

Alternate Verse Divisions for Moses Chapter 2

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Recently I was reading in the Book of Moses Chapter 2 and part way through the chapter I thought, "That is an awful number of 'And...
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Monday, February 15, 2016

Interpreting Scriptures After the Fact

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Anyone who has studied US Supreme Court decisions is familiar with the major landmark decisions . In these cases the court had to consider h...
Monday, December 28, 2015

Guest Post: Depression and the Spirit

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[Note from the blog author, Quantumleap42: This is a guest post from a long time friend. They don't like to talk about their depression...
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Sunday, December 6, 2015

Mormon, Cumorah, Sihyaj K’ahk’ and the Entrada of 378 AD

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The year is 378 AD and  Sihyaj K’ahk’ has just seized control of the  Petén Basin , the heartland of what we associate with classical Mayan...
Saturday, November 28, 2015

Duke Chapel

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Just down the road from UNC is Duke University. The central attraction on Duke campus is Duke Chapel. It is an impressive structure and I h...
Friday, November 20, 2015

What are the most commonly sung LDS hymns? DATA NEEDED

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[ Link to hymn form .] This year is the 30th anniversary of the current LDS hymnbook . Because I love playing with data and numbers I was...
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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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