Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Puns

I recommend this Neil DeGrasse Tyson to people all the time because it does a great job of succinctly explaining what we know in my field and why we know it, as well as what we don’t know and why we don’t know it. It also does a great job of laying out what the competing ideas arguments for numerous unanswered questions.

Are there similar books out there for The Bible (both OT and NT) and early Judaism/Christianity??

Would love to read these with my mother! She is devote LDS and wants to learn more real world history, but it’s very difficult for her to find texts that aren’t LDS Church propaganda and/or strongly presuppositionalist or pseudohistoric.

( I would have her read “God is Disappointed in You”, but this wonderfully little comedic book is more of an overview of the Bible’s content without much scholarly information, and is perhaps not the right tone for her to learn about real world history.)

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I feel as if a lot of the contents are covered almost verbatim in some of his other works. I can't be sure but I think he uses some of the same verbiage in Cosmos and at least one of his other books. It wasn't a bad read, just redundant for me.. I think. It seemed too familiar for me to really enjoy.

Starting it next week. :)

so everyone probably heard about this book called astrophysics for people in hurry and i was curious if there is a book like this that makes learning fun like this book did but instead of teaching astrophysics it teaches about programming in java? Anyone knows a book like this?

My question is this: is it possible/likely that the big bang was the result of continual combination super massive black holes?

Now for a little explanation of my thought process:

First of all, we know that there are super-massive black holes at the center of every known galaxy. From time to time, matter in the galaxy will make its way towards the center, and the black hole will start to “feed,” absorbing massive amounts of gas, stars, space debris, etc.

So my theory works like this: As these super-massive black holes feed from time to time over the course of billions/trillions of years, they will consume the entire galaxy that orbits them (seems like the only possible outcome, right? I mean eventually all orbits degrade). And then the black hole will be massive enough to start attracting other galaxies and black holes from further away and will grow into ultra-massive galaxies. Then these ultra-massive black holes will begin to combine (cause it’s just gravity right? Like the more massive the object the further the “reach” of its gravitational field)…..and as the black holes keep feeding on each other they eventually reach a critical mass. When 2 black holes of critical mass collide….big bang.

I think this satisfies a couple issues with the big bang theory:

1. We don’t have an explanation as to how virtually infinite mass was concentrated in a virtually volumeless area: if ultra-massive black holes combined with each other, their density would increase with each combination, compressing the matter more and more.

2. We don’t have mechanism to cause the bang: the combination of 2 black holes of critical mass, I think, could cause a massive explosion. Just like 2 pool balls smacking into each other at 100 miles an hour? This huge energy release could possibly be enough to allow matter to escape the enormous gravitational field.

Problems with my theory:

1. No accounting for the interconnected nature of space and time. Unless a sufficiently massive black hole could exert an attracting force on what we call “time.” I guess it’s possible. We know that a black hole can warp the fabric of space-time. Maybe a black hole with the density of an entire universe could even absorb that fabric?

Last point: everything in nature seems to operate off of some sort of cycle. This would fit that paradigm as our universe would be in continual flux between expanding and contracting; creation and destruction.

Anyway, this was a fun thought experiment for me, please let

It allowed you to pick your champion, the game mode was fast paced, you won or you lost, it didn't really matter, it was still a fun experience pretty much every game and I think it's a great loss that we don't have it anymore. For someone who doesn't like the randomness of Aram, Nexus Blitz was a great solution to that. And since the games were short, it's good for people in a hurry.

I bought him this telescope. I’m from a third world country and telescopes are just something you read in textbooks. But my nephew began being interested in them. I really don’t know how to use it but I hope I’d have some steps (there seems to be none in the box I bought). Right now all we see is just white light. I feel like a noob right now but I’m just trying to suck it up despite this post not being scientific enough for this sub because maybe someone can help me because his smile when I gave it was just heartwarming. This might not be your usual post here but I hope someone can help me.

Edit: I showed all the comments to his parents, and now, even the mom is excited too! Thanks for all of the comments, tips, suggestions, and most of all, the encouragement. We live in a place where hobbies and interests such as these aren’t always fostered because it’s too expensive to keep up. But your response has affirmed that it’s definitely worth it. Thank you and happy holidays! :)

One hundred and two days ago I posted a meme to the same sub today (1.2k upvotes at the time, then u/Joesdad65 made a post recommending people to block the top 50 all time r/funny posts. I should add that the same OC on the sub and I suggested he may have a history in successful meme theft.

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With efforts like this the DDS will be inviting him back in no time!

-Tooombstone

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I must do my part, and that I only criticize in an effort to get my attention. ​. Yesterday, I posted an OC meme on r/dankmemes and u/itzKitHere simply reposted it for karma. If you follow the Imgur link posted by the Defendant, u/ScribSteinEzekiel, [amassing a total of 2.3k upvotes.

James E. McDonald- Senior physicist at the Institute for Atmospheric Physics and professor in the Department of Meteorology, University of Arizona, Tucson. http://physics.princeton.edu/~mcdonald/Family/James/670615_tucson_daily_citizen_jun_15_1967.pdf ... Atmospheric physics is highly relevant to ufology since many supposed explanations for the phenomena involve atmospheric physics. McDonald performed actual field work and studied the subject intensely for many years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._McDonald

J. Allen Hynek, PhD astrophysics, astronomer and government scientific advisor to UFO studies for several decades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Allen_Hynek

John E. Mack- Medical doctorate degree cum laude from Harvard. Head of the department of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Mack was an abduction researcher. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Mack

Bruce Maccabee- American optical physicist formerly employed by the U.S. Navy. M.S. and Ph.D. in physics. Maccabee was also a UFO film analyst. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Maccabee

Stanton T. Friedman, Masters in nuclear physics, employed for 14 years as a nuclear physicist for such companies as General Electric (1956–1959), Aerojet General Nucleonics (1959–1963), General Motors (1963–1966), Westinghouse (1966–1968), TRW Systems (1969–1970), and McDonnell Douglas, where he worked on advanced, classified programs on nuclear aircraft, fission and fusion rockets, and compact nuclear power plants for space applications, believed that UFO propulsion systems could be nuclear fusion-based since nuclear fusion could provide 10 million times the energy per particle as compared to a chemical rocket. http://stantonfriedman.com/ You can also find many lectures he has presented all over the net.

Dr. Kevin Knuth, Department of Physics, University at Albany. Here is his lecture on UFOs and time dilation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXswO3yqzc0

Hal Puthoff- Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_E._Puthoff

Paul R. Hill- leading research and development engineer and manager for NASA (National Aeronautical and Space Administration) and its predecessor, NACA (the National Advisory Council for Aeronautics) between 1939 and 1970, retiring as Associate Chief, Applied Materials and Physics Division at the NASA Langley Research Centre. Hill wrote an excellent book called Unconventional Flying Objects, which should be required reading in ufology.

As a current high school student weighing my options, what is the outlook like for degrees in this field. Would i need to go further and obtain a Master's or even Doctorate level of education to see career opportunities begin to unfold?

How is the pay like and what is the lifestyle?

I wasn't sure where to post this, but any help will be greatly appreciated!

I'm a physics student pretty early in my education and I've been looking at some of my options once I'm done with my undergraduate. I'm not totally sure what field of physics I want to go into but Astrophysics is definitely pretty high on my list. I would love to be in an academic position but I know those aren't always readily available. So what are my options outside of academia for someone with a PhD in Astrophysics? Are there any?

Near the Slater/Kent bus stop and drivers rushing to make it through the intersection before it turns, two cars nearly hit each other and to avoid it, one almost swerves up onto the very busy curb.

They didn’t hit anyone, luckily, but they scared a sweet old lady with a cane so badly that she fell backwards and hit her head very hard on the sidewalk.

I stopped to help her, as did a few other people, keeping her company as she was frightened and confused. The driver? Sped right off. I was so preoccupied with the woman that I didn’t get any details other than the colour of the cars but honestly....how do you see that you nearly hit someone, caused her to fall, and instead of stopping to make sure she’s alright, you speed off?

So hey, if you happen to be here and you almost caused an accident around 3:40pm on the corner of Slater and Lyon, the woman you knocked over is 91 years old. Her name is Jane. She was a block away from her apartment but now she’s going to the hospital. Because of you.

Please pay some god damn attention to your surroundings. We have to look out for each other.

EDIT: Thank you to the kind redditor whose family knows Jane and messaged me to inform me that she will be alright. I really appreciate it.