Newsletter 448
[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]The Search For A More Perfect Kilogram
Links:
5. http://b.rw/qGknbP
Jonathon Keats | Wired | 27 September 2011
The standard kilogram, a physical object in Paris, has one unique property:
It cannot gain or lose mass. "By definition, any physical change to it
alters the mass of everything in the cosmos." Is there a better way to
define a kilo? [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/search-more-perfect-kilogram
[7]Love Among The Equations
Links:
7. http://b.rw/pyQf7u
Jennifer Ouellette | Scientific American | 29 September 2011
Terrific. Writer falls in love with physicist, starts affair with
mathematics: "Sean put his arms around me, pressed his cheek to mine and
gently whispered 'Wouldn’t it be fascinating to take a Fourier transform of
those waves?'" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/love-among-equations
[9]The First In-Depth Look At A Nazi 'God Of Death'
Links:
9. http://b.rw/oOdQgD
Georg Bönisch | Spiegel | 19 September 2011
Reinhard Heydrich, one of the principal orchestrators of the Holocaust, was
the only high-ranking Nazi to be assassinated. Usually seen as "young, evil
god of death". But what made him follow such a path of terror? [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/first-depth-look-nazi-god-death
[11]Google = Google+
Links:
11. http://b.rw/ohUsTI
John Battelle | John Battelle's Searchblog | 29 September 2011
Google used to mean search. Now, with Chrome, YouTube, Google Docs and
Motorola the brand's confusing. Can Google+ be "the digital mortar between
all of Google's offerings" and unify the brand as "the operating system of
your life"? [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/google-google
[13]Toronto: The Worst Sports City in the World
Links:
13. http://b.rw/nfvD1K
Stephen Marche | Grantland | 27 September 2011
If you want to know how much (ice) hockey matters in Canada, consider this:
Of the 10 biggest riots in Canadian history, six began at hockey games. And
it really matters in Toronto. Where, boy, the fans know what it means to
suffer [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/toronto-worst-sports-city-world
[15]God As Cosmic CCTV
Links:
15. http://b.rw/ngymzH
Dan Jones | Philosopher In The Mirror | 26 September 2011
Interesting investigation into how religious beliefs affect our minds and
behaviour. Appears that "religion draws on the same kinds of cognitive
machinery that are in place to deal with the secular problems of social
living" [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/god-cosmic-cctv
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Errol Morris on Photography and Reality
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/errol-morris-on-photography-and-reality
The acclaimed documentary filmmaker tells us about his fascination with
images, meaning and truth. And how we’ve learned to think and read
critically but still don’t see critically [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/errol-morris-on-photography-and-reality
Book of the Day
[19]Book of the Day
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/gardens-air-by-franco-migliorini-and-luigi-latini
[20]Gardens from the Air by Franco Migliorini and Luigi Latini
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/gardens-air-by-franco-migliorini-and-luigi-latini
[21]Arabella Lennox-Boyd says: The reason I like this book is because it is
highly original. As it is from the air, you can actually see the whole
design of the garden
[22]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/gardens-air-by-franco-migliorini-and-luigi-latini#book-recommender-0
22. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Special report
[23]Popular Science
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/reports/popular-science
Black holes, DIY bio-engineering, aliens and more. Interviews and articles
from many of the biggest names in Science. No prior knowledge necessary
[24]Read on
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/reports/popular-science
Video of the Day
[25]Live For Ever. Become A Noun
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/videos/live-ever-become-noun
"From August down to Zeppelin, the world is full of eponyms" [26]More videos
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[27]Warren Buffet, on investing
Links:
27. http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2011/10/warren-buffett-on-temperament
"Once you have ordinary intelligence, what you need is the temperament to
control the urges that get other people into trouble"
[28]More quotes
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/quotations