Thursday, October 11, 2012
Recommendations
Read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Hilarious!
Feynman's Lectures on Physics is excellent. I recommend it to other physics students.
Feynman's Lectures on Physics is excellent. I recommend it to other physics students.
QUESTION ANSWERED - New e-book on Amazon Kindle
Life elsewhere in the Solar System? Microscopic life? Larger aquatic life forms in the newly-discovered oceans?
READ 'QUESTION ANSWERED' ON AMAZON KINDLE!!
READ 'QUESTION ANSWERED' ON AMAZON KINDLE!!
MORE WORK FOR ASTRONOMERS
As I see it, much of astronomy needs revision. Astronomers should recalculate and account for gravity waves. Gravity waves are implied by Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
Einstein didn't develop the idea of black holes. He knew Schwarzschild's Singularity Theorem. But in physics, Black Hole Theory and observations came along later. Hawking developed much of this theory.
(Cambridge don Michel reasoned that dark stars would implode. But Michel never developed the mathematics.)
Of course, now we know that black holes exist. They've been observed. We know they create gravity waves. Waves in a pool of water affect light rays, and gravity waves affect light rays from distant sources. Therefore, it would be useful to figure out how much of our astronomical observations are affected by gravity waves.
Einstein didn't develop the idea of black holes. He knew Schwarzschild's Singularity Theorem. But in physics, Black Hole Theory and observations came along later. Hawking developed much of this theory.
(Cambridge don Michel reasoned that dark stars would implode. But Michel never developed the mathematics.)
Of course, now we know that black holes exist. They've been observed. We know they create gravity waves. Waves in a pool of water affect light rays, and gravity waves affect light rays from distant sources. Therefore, it would be useful to figure out how much of our astronomical observations are affected by gravity waves.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Read Hawking!
Read Stephen Hawking's Universe in a Nutshell and Illustrated Brief History of Time. Excellent stuff!
Revising Computational Astronomy
Einstein's view of the world stands. E=mc^2. That's obvious to some but not others. Referring back to my Gravity Objects concept, I just meant that there are other intellectual schemata where e=mc^2 doesn't apply. "Faster Than Light" is a confusion of terms.
The Livingston Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory in Louisiana confirmed General Relativity. It's been confirmed countless times. Black holes cause gravity waves. Therefore, some of astronomy needs revision. A wandering black hole moving away from earth would cause ripples and affect our images of distant stars or galaxies.
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Michael Dresser Radio Show
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Excerpt from "Question Answered"
Here's an excerpt from my new Kindle e-book "Question Answered."
I’m writing to inform the American public that microscopic life exists in Europa and Enceladus.
New readers will hopefully have fun. They will learn that Europa is a moon of Jupiter and Enceladus a moon of Saturn. Both moons have life.
How do I know? Statistics holds the answers, and I present a formal statistical argument at the end. I hope readers will have a pleasant read and consult the mathematical statistics only if necessary.
I’ve often read statistical arguments that prove knowledge of something. That’s all I do. I simply use statistics to prove where life exists.
The search for life is fascinating. Space agencies all over the world are attempting to observe life directly on planets, asteroids, and comets. Other pioneers are searching for fossil proof of life. The key is the definition of life. I might conclude that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Stardust Mission found life when it discovered amino acids in the tail of a comet. Amino acids are the basic building block of life, and the probe returned to Earth with the proof in 2006.
But that would leave me with nothing to write.
To avoid the writer’s nightmare, I define life as microscopic or microbial life other than simple amino acids. I avoid the issue of intelligent life and focus mainly on microbes in Europa and Enceladus. Microbes may be anything under a microscope, including new forms not present on Earth. Readers who tolerate me will know that microbes exist.
I give credit to Dr. David Darling and the Greeks.
I’m writing to inform the American public that microscopic life exists in Europa and Enceladus.
New readers will hopefully have fun. They will learn that Europa is a moon of Jupiter and Enceladus a moon of Saturn. Both moons have life.
How do I know? Statistics holds the answers, and I present a formal statistical argument at the end. I hope readers will have a pleasant read and consult the mathematical statistics only if necessary.
I’ve often read statistical arguments that prove knowledge of something. That’s all I do. I simply use statistics to prove where life exists.
The search for life is fascinating. Space agencies all over the world are attempting to observe life directly on planets, asteroids, and comets. Other pioneers are searching for fossil proof of life. The key is the definition of life. I might conclude that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Stardust Mission found life when it discovered amino acids in the tail of a comet. Amino acids are the basic building block of life, and the probe returned to Earth with the proof in 2006.
But that would leave me with nothing to write.
To avoid the writer’s nightmare, I define life as microscopic or microbial life other than simple amino acids. I avoid the issue of intelligent life and focus mainly on microbes in Europa and Enceladus. Microbes may be anything under a microscope, including new forms not present on Earth. Readers who tolerate me will know that microbes exist.
I give credit to Dr. David Darling and the Greeks.
Halley’s Comet. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration discovered amino acids in comets. Image courtesy of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Copyright, 2012. Wade Hobbs
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Neil Armstrong Passes Away
Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, has passed away at 82. America has lost the greatest leader of the Space Age. Armstrong's words are immortal: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Armstrong led America against the Soviets in the moon race. When he stepped on lunar dust on July 20, 1969, he fulfilled John F. Kennedy’s promise to put a man on the moon by the end of the 1960’s. Apollo 11 left a plaque which read, “We Came in Peace for All Mankind.” It reflects humanity’s aspiration for peace throughout the cosmos.
Armstrong will be sorely missed.
Armstrong led America against the Soviets in the moon race. When he stepped on lunar dust on July 20, 1969, he fulfilled John F. Kennedy’s promise to put a man on the moon by the end of the 1960’s. Apollo 11 left a plaque which read, “We Came in Peace for All Mankind.” It reflects humanity’s aspiration for peace throughout the cosmos.
Armstrong will be sorely missed.
Decatur Book Festival - September 2
I'll be presenting Other Life Exists at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Decatur Book Festival on Sunday, September 2 at 3:00pm. I'll give listeners a glimpse into the newest world of Jupiter's moons. Europa alone holds twice the saltwater of Earth. Ganymede and Callisto hold oceans, too. The radiation levels of Earth and Callisto are about the same, so many hope for human colonization.
One of NASA’s big questions is whether life lives beyond Earth. Other Life Exists proves statistically that microbes live in Europa.
Natasha Trethewey, Michael Connelly, Erin Morgenstern, Meg Cabot, Isabel Wilkerson, and some 300 other authors will attend. The fun begins August 31st at 8pm.
Copyright, 2012. Wade Hobbs
One of NASA’s big questions is whether life lives beyond Earth. Other Life Exists proves statistically that microbes live in Europa.
Natasha Trethewey, Michael Connelly, Erin Morgenstern, Meg Cabot, Isabel Wilkerson, and some 300 other authors will attend. The fun begins August 31st at 8pm.
Copyright, 2012. Wade Hobbs
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
New E-book - Question Answered
The Ancient Greeks pondered the question. Does life live beyond Earth?
With style and wit, Wade Hobbs explains that other life lives in the cosmos. He proves statistically that microbes live in Jupiter’s moon Europa. That moon holds over twice as much saltwater as Earth. The saltwater environment is essentially the same whether on Earth or Europa. Microbes see the same thing.
Despite traditional notions, Earth and Europa aren’t entirely separate worlds. They come from the same planetary nebula. Hobbs uses these observations to formally prove for the first time that life must live in Europa’s waters, just as it lives in Earth’s seas.
Buy Question Answered.
Copyright, 2012. Wade Hobbs
With style and wit, Wade Hobbs explains that other life lives in the cosmos. He proves statistically that microbes live in Jupiter’s moon Europa. That moon holds over twice as much saltwater as Earth. The saltwater environment is essentially the same whether on Earth or Europa. Microbes see the same thing.
Despite traditional notions, Earth and Europa aren’t entirely separate worlds. They come from the same planetary nebula. Hobbs uses these observations to formally prove for the first time that life must live in Europa’s waters, just as it lives in Earth’s seas.
Buy Question Answered.
Copyright, 2012. Wade Hobbs
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