Event: Religion, Math, and infinity
by Lauren on Oct.16, 2009, under Science Event
This should be quite interesting!
(click to share this post on facebook)Loren Graham, Professor Emeritus of the History of Science at MIT and Harvard discusses religion, math, and infinity at this lecture. More info here
When: Sat. Oct 17, 11:00 am -1230
Where: Philoctetes Center, 247 East 82nd St. between 2nd Ave. and 3rd Ave.
Cost: FREE!!
:infinity, lecture, Loren Graham, math, mathematics, religion
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This is a composite of a series of images photographed from a mounted camera on the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, from approximately 240 miles above Earth. Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit said of the about photographic techniques used to achieve the images: "My star trail images are made by taking a time exposure of about 10 to 15 minutes. However, with modern digital cameras, 30 seconds is about the longest exposure possible, due to electronic detector noise effectively snowing out the image. To achieve the longer exposures I do what many amateur astronomers do. I take multiple 30-second exposures, then ‘stack’ them using imaging software, thus producing the longer exposure." A total of 18 images photographed by the astronaut-monitored stationary camera were combined to create this composite. Image Credit: NASA
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