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Snowflakes [was Re: Physics - Inertia & Work]

k p Collins kpaulc at [----------]earthlink.net
Mon Dec 29 10:53:38 EST 2003


"k p Collins" <kpaulc@[----------]earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:fwiHb.11520$IM3.8820 at newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> What "inertia" and "work" are, physically, and
> why each exists:
>
> "k p Collins" <kpaulc@[----------]earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:vSPGb.9920$IM3.9100 at newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> [...]

> It doesn't matter so much from the traditional perspective
> of 'physics' - 'physics' just postulates the correlated
> stuff into 'inconsequence'. But it matters =greatly= with
> respect to the doing of Neuroscience - because, as I
> discussed in the post that's linked-to above, nervous
> systems' 3-D energydynamics are =distributed= and
> occur in a way that [via "supersystem configuration",
> AoK, Ap5] is always undergoing 3-D-distributed
> interconnectedness variation, yet, in 'normal' nervous
> systems, is always as a unified whole. So, to resolve
> the 3-D energydynamics that occur within nervous
> systems, one has to dispense with imaginary 'particles'
> and =See= the continuous flow of energy that's
> distributed throughout a nervous system in always-
> varying ways, in order to see the wellspring of unified-
> wholeness.
> [...]

In Last week's [Tuesday, 2003-12-23] "Science Times"
section of The =New York Times= there was an
interesting article, "Falling Physics, When the Weather
Outside Is Frightful", by D. Overbye, pD3.

The article discusses the formation of "snowflakes", and
should be on the =NYT= web site [I don't have the
link].

Because I saw that discussing the  symmetry that arises
during the formation of snowflakes would be interesting to
explore from the perspective of the stuff that I discussed
in my previous post [linked-to above], I tried to find a copy
of the Book, =The Snowflake, Winter's Secret Beauty", by
K. Libbrecht, to which the article referred, but it was sold-
out where ever I looked for it. So I ordered a copy [$20.00],
and will pick this discussion up again shortly after my copy
arises.

'Interpolating' from the =NYT= article, this book will probably
be a welcome addition to anyone's Library, so I thought I'd
give this 'preview' in order to allow folks opportunity to
obtain their own copies of the Book, if they care to do so.

What I'll be discussing [again] will be the UES-flow vs.
'particle' views with respect to the formation of the
snowflakes' symmetries, and with respect to physical
reality in general.

ken [k. p. collins]





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