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Dyson Spheres and Carl Sagan’s Golden Rule

21 December 2017 EnricoDeg

Thanks to recent astronomical observations the topic of Dyson spheres is back in the limelight. What are they and what caused this renewed interest? Dyson

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6 Project Management Lessons from the Mars Climate Orbiter Failure

19 April 2017 EnricoDeg

In September 1999, the Mars Climate Orbiter probe crashed into Mars due to a mismatch between the measurement units used in different parts of the

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The Rise, Fall, and Comeback of the Cosmological Constant

7 March 2017 EnricoDeg

Just 100 years ago Einstein introduced the so-called cosmological constant, the physical constant that perhaps has experienced the most changing fortunes. The Rise In 1915

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The Balloon in the Car and General Relativity

7 February 2017 EnricoDeg

Today we are going to speculate on a particular experiment anyone can do with a car and a helium-inflated balloon. The set-up is quite simple:

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3 Amazing Properties of Rotating Black Holes

2 January 2017 EnricoDeg

3 amazing properties of rotating black holes: non planar orbits, energy extraction, time travel.

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