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kahljorn
Jul 10th, 2003, 12:40 AM
Have links to any Physics sites on the web? Any type, really. Some philosophy might work too; just no Nietzche or Plato, socrates or Aristotle.

Zero Signal
Jul 10th, 2003, 01:59 AM
How about some Voltaire?

http://history.hanover.edu/texts/voltaire/volindex.htm

Bose-Einstein condensates are neat.

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/bec/

Slowing down light to 1mph is even neater.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/242698.asp

http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2001/Jan/hour2_011901.html

The_Rorschach
Jul 10th, 2003, 09:53 AM
Talk to CIAspinster. Not sure what name he is posting under, if he posts at all, but this is right up his ally.

I'm purely an existentialist, so you won't want anything I have to offer buddy.

kellychaos
Jul 10th, 2003, 10:38 AM
You can try The Edge (http://www.edge.org/) . It's more like a "cutting edge" science page but there's some philosopy thrown in there (especially during the interviews). The New Scientist (http://www.newscientist.com) website is pretty good although somewhat more mainstream.

Sethomas
Jul 10th, 2003, 01:34 PM
I'd highly recommend reading The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene. He does a very good job of explaining elementary principles such as special relativity and such, and speaks of string theory in a very philosophical tone.

kahljorn
Jul 10th, 2003, 09:44 PM
I like strings, you can tie things together with them.

The_voice_of_reason
Jul 10th, 2003, 10:20 PM
I also would recommend The Elegent Universe. I have let so many people borrow my copy that I have to put a rubber band around it to keep it from falling apart. Also A Breif History of Time is excellent.