Even astronomer Phil Plait finds the physics a bit confounding, but here – complete with animated cartoons – is the explanation he’s gotten from his buddy Sean Carroll, a cosmologist. (Basically, it’s all about entropy.)
Tag: 10.11.13
DePauw University Overhauls Music School Curriculum To Teach Entrepreneurship
“A $15 million gift from alumni Judson and Joyce Green … will be used to transform the private university’s School of Music to better meet the needs of students entering a rapidly changing music industry. It establishes the 21st Century Musician Initiative, called 21CM.”
London’s Old Vic “Desperately” Needs Renovation
“The Old Vic in London is to submit a planning application to the local council to create a dedicated space for its talent development arm as part of major restoration works aimed at securing the future of the ‘crumbling’ building.
The Writing-About-Creativity Industry. It’s Sooooo Uncreative!
“What our correspondent also understood, sitting there in his basement bathtub, was that the literature of creativity was a genre of surpassing banality.”
Is Spotify Killing Music? Not At All
“It is not hyperbole to suggest that this generation’s music fans want to rent their music, not own it. Spotify may not have created that shift but they certainly provided a solution to easy access, mobile music streaming.”
Pool Some Resources — And Get A Bar With Your Nonprofit Theatre
“When I came on to the board of directors, my first question was, ‘Why don’t more nonprofits work together?’ and I got strange looks.”
The Usefulness Of Useless Things
“An object can have value beyond being used … it can provide visual pleasure or engagement.”
By Stripping Down To Skin, Museums Regain Some Audience
“Sizzle is what a number of major European institutions seek this fall, hoping that a focus on sex will entice visitors and broaden their appeal to younger generations.”
James Emanuel, 92, Poet Who Wrote Of Racism And Fled The U.S.
“Even as his reputation grew, he became increasingly frustrated with racism in America. When European universities began offering him teaching positions in the late ’60s, he accepted. By the early ’80s, after the death of his only child in Los Angeles, he had vowed never to return to the United States. He never did.”
Can Art Historians Deal With The Fact That Abstract Expressionist Paintings Have Been Faked?
Not with lawsuits at stake. “Unless there is change in the legal system to protect art historians’ expert opinion–as with that of doctors, for example–‘it’s going to be very dicey’ to speak out.”