Choucroute

2013-03-29 51,211 notes

coedmagazine:

NEW MEME ALERT!

apparently there’s this new trend going around Japanese schools where they’re faking Dragon Ball fights.

it is AWESOME.

So sweeeet!

YUSSSSSS!

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2013-03-07 29,311 notes

:D

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1ucasvb:

Different modes of oscillation for a pendulum

The period of a simple pendulum is not a trivial thing, and it depends on the initial conditions.

Shown here are ten different modes of oscillation for the same pendulum. The only difference is the total amount of mechanical energy in the system.

As a result, each one has a completely different period of oscillation, unlike what the small-angle approximation (as taught in high-school) would suggest. They can’t be in sync. You may see some really interesting patterns based on the delay between them in your browser.

The red graph above each pendulum represents the phase portrait for the respective mode of oscillation, with the current state marked as a blue dot. The horizontal axis represents angle (hence why it wraps around the sides) while the vertical axis represents angular velocity.

Pendulums are very interesting dynamical systems, as they are relatively simple to understand but can produce surprisingly complex results in certain cases, such as the chaotic behavior of double pendulums and the odd behavior displayed by coupled pendulums.

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2013-01-18 2 notes

intheperiphery:

Alain de Botton’s Temple for Atheists

Alain de Botton!!!

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thesmithian:

…frost flowers, a strange phenomenon where frost grows from imperfections in the surface ice amid extreme sub-zero temperatures…forming spiky structures that have been found to house microorganisms. In fact, the bacteria found in the frost flowers is much more dense than in the frozen water below it, meaning each flower is essentially a temporary ecosystem, not unlike a coral reef…

more.

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showslow:

Nuées by Laurent Millet

French artist Laurent Millet and his dreamy series titled ‘Nuées’. We all remember the summer days when we used to lie on the grass, watching the clouds, making up stories and trying to catch them. This is what Laurent Millet does; “catching” clouds in little glass boxes.

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