Archive for the ‘science’ Category

Information Is Beautiful

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

A great name for a site that turns information into illustration, InformationIsBeautiful.net shows the power of the image when it comes to understanding complex sets of data or abstract ideas. The image below shows how, if you forget about the effects of nuclear fallout, we don’t have nearly enough nuclear weapons to come even close to destroying the world. Phew!

How Many Nukes Does It Take To Destroy The World?

How Many Nukes Does It Take To Destroy The World?

The Tenth Dimension

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

This videos a few years old, but is an interesting introduction to the idea of dimensions beyond the four we normally talk about.