Science

Infinity

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  By Steve Humphrey   Infinity? What a concept! Many use the term unthinkingly, but do people really know what they are...

Amazing Astronomy

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  By Steve Humphrey   Since one of the themes of the June issue is Outdoor Living, I thought I would discuss...

On Geometry

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By Steve Humphrey   With Real Estate as one of the themes for the May issue, it made me think of houses,...

What Are The Odds?

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A philosopher’s guide to betting on the Derby   By Steve Humphrey   Last year for the April Derby Issue, I wrote...

The Laws of Attraction

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By Steve Humphrey   Love is mysterious. What draws one person to another? Why does A love B, while C has no...

The Direction of Time

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By Steve Humphrey Illustration by Andrea Hutchinson   We distinguish earlier from later and past from future, but what characterizes the difference?...

Time in Relativity

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By Steve Humphrey Illustrations by Andrea Hutchinson   From the Scholium in Newton’s “Principia Mathematica,” it says “Absolute, true and mathematical time,...

The Myth of Passage

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Theories on the perception of the passage of time   By Steve Humphrey Illustrations by Andrea Hutchinson   Intuitively, we speak of the...

On the Concept of Time

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How the keeping of time was developed throughout history and how to define it   By Steve Humphrey Illustration by Andrea Hutchinson...

On Certainty

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Determining what we can and cannot be certain about regarding coronavirus By Steve Humphrey Illustration by Andrea Hutchinson Except in trivial cases,...

Probability

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How we can – or cannot – predict outcomes By Steve Humphrey Illustration by Andrea Hutchinson The origins of probability theory can...

What’s in a Theory?

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Exploring the Paradoxes of Theory Confirmation By Steve Humphrey Illustration by Andrea Hutchinson Scientists create theories to describe, explain and make predictions...