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Scientific American – my first 30 years.

Post author By Joerg Blumtritt
Post date 23/04/2010
2 Comments on Scientific American – my first 30 years.

[Original German Blog Post] What is call ‘standard model’ of particle physics – model implying the provisional character – gives an impressive interpretation of many aspects of our world.Spektrum.de / Weltbild vor dem Umbruch Today the great day has arrived at LHC – the large particle accelerator at European research institute CERN. Why is it […]

Tags cern, climate change, david chalmers, douglas hofstadter, edgar dahl, john searle, lhc, scientific american, spektrum der wissenschaft

architecture art topic

Stained Glass

[Original German Blog Post] Window in the southern transept of Cologne cathedral by Gerhard Richter. Image courtesy of Derix Glasstudios GmbH & Co.KG, Taunusstein. That [Chamber] at the eastern extremity was hung, for example, in blue -and vividly blue were its windows. The second chamber was purple in its ornaments and tapestries, and here the […]

Tags Bayernfenster, Cologne Cathedral, Edgar Allen Poe, Gerhard Richter, Gold Ruby, Gothic, Great Glass, La mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires même, Le Corbusier, Marcel Duchamp, Masque of the Red Death, Romanticism, Rupprecht Geiger, Sainte Chapelle, Stained Glass, The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors Even, Vitreaux

economy magazine philosophy

The Brand Eins

Post author By sabria
Post date 19/02/2010

[See german post and comments] „To me“, that is what my friend Anna said, „to me slow media is brand eins.“ Everytime she is at home at her friend Peter’s house – who subscribes to the magazine brand eins for years – and everytime she has time and quiet to do so, she reads a […]

Tags brand eins, cluetrain manifesto, economy, econy, ethics, magazine, media, mindset, print, quality, values

religion slow theory

On Lent

[Original German Blog Post] “Restore to me the joy.” (Psalm 51,12) In the mass of Ash Wednesday this psalm formulates the beseeching for the beginning lent. Despite an ongoing trend to fasting cures it is not common to speak about fasting and particularly repentance in connection with joy. It is easy to catch the unindulgent […]