General relativity: 100 years of the most beautiful theory ever created
It stands among the most famous theories ever created, but the general theory of relativity did not spring into being with a single, astonishing paper like the special theory of relativity in 1905. Instead, general relativity’s birth was more chaotic, involving a handful of lectures, manuscripts, and more than one parent.
The equation e=mc2 is so simple and so powerful.
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Lifehack has posted a link to the site Online Name Generator. No false advertising here, the site does what it says it does, it generates names. So if you are looking for a name for your company (Opendexon), your business (Inditech), your band (Gruesome Major), or your D&D character (Updar Hermedes Ackmard), the site has…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has uploaded high resolution images from their collection that can be used in non-commercial settings. I looked at the Picasso collection, which returned 515 pieces of his art. Some of it wasn’t in very high quality, but I did find this piece:
Cellphones ignite a ‘reading revolution’ in poor countries The report, released today, examines the reading habits of nearly 5,000 mobile-phone users in seven countries — Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Zimbabwe — where the average illiteracy rate among children is 20 percent, and 34 percent among adults. (The US, by comparison, has an…
Thinking of buying a new Chromebook but not sure which one to choose? Use our comprehensive specs comparison table and buying guide to quickly see the differences between each model, and find the best Chromebook for your needs. Source: Chromebook specs & performance comparison chart (2019) When shopping for a Chromebook, it’s sometimes difficult to…
There are a couple of different ways to schedule equipment when you’re a Google Apps for Education school. One is to have the GAFE administrator create Google Calendar Resources that can then be scheduled with Google Calendar. This method works really well, but its biggest issue is that staff have to schedule by time, not…