The Test of Time: A Century of E = mc^2

11Feb08

I took a scientific writing class a year ago, and the first assignment was to write a pretend article for the New York Times celebrating the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s famous equation E = mc^2. I figured I’d post a slightly improved version here.
In 1905, over the course of only six months, Albert Einstein (then working at a Swiss [...]

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Facebook Censored Me

10Feb08

I just found out that Facebook deleted a note I posted on my profile a few weeks ago, replacing my note with “This message contained content that has been removed by Facebook.” The original message (which I no longer have access to, of course) went something like this: “I found out about this social network site, Yuwie, [...]

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Michael Phelps

03Feb08

Reading a few recent articles (1 [this one's by Melvin Stewart], 2, 3, 4 ,5) and watching some videos (1, 2, 3) got me thinking about Michael Phelps again. For those who know little more than “Michael Phelps is a pretty good swimmer,” read this wikipedia article. I was going to summarize his career myself, noting the number of medals he’s won at various competitions and whatnot, but I mainly [...]

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