If a moving particle has mass m, Newton’s second law of motion states that the force acting on it (due to its acceleration) is the vector ma(t), mass times acceleration. If the particle moves on a circle with constant angular speed, this is called a centripetal force because it is directed toward the center. This force is exerted by the mechanism that confines the particle to a circular orbit. […]

“The structures constitutive of a particular type of environment (e.g. the material conditions of existence characteristic of a class condition) produce habitus, systems of durable, transposable dispositions, structured structures predisposed to function as structuring structures, that is, as principles of the generation and structure of practices and representations which […]

but I finally figured out why I was working with discrete Fourier transforms when I was 12. Deriving trigonometric identities was a practical application […]

Where before you could simply call your best friends the girls who lent you lipstick and entered in unspoken agreements of round buying, circle dancing and outfit criticism, now friends become people who challenge you, trust you, confide in you but not to an extent of compulsive therapeutic helpless phoning, and it becomes so much […]

The resolution to formalize ethics is most commonly met with ridicule, as a puerile attempt of a jejune student who imaginably was recently exposed to the possibilities of first order logic. It is only too simple to giggle about proving whether it was right that John kissed Mary. But what exactly is the […]

“Think of it,” they said, “as a mere stretching of the nerves. If your brain were just moved over an inch in your skull, that would not alter or impair your mind. We’re simply going to make the nerves indefinitely elastic by splicing radio links into them.”

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I have six weeks to do a hardware project, possibly with a practical application. Short of home soldering a roomba, I’m not sure what I should be up too.

The way she attacked the can of tomato soup was reminiscent of a situation in which a murderer would, even though initially planning to let the poor creature live, accidentally spray its blood all over the room due to certain reflexes and automatisms.