Recently, I got to work on a script with PBS Spacetime on Constructor Theory. This topic was particularly unique as it didn’t deal extensively with physics but focused on the framework with which we approached and developed physical theories about our reality. The question: Will Constructor Theory Rewrite Physics? How Are Theories Made? For starters, […]
Read More Constructor TheoryIbn al-haytham or Alhazen (c. 965 – c. 1040), as he was known among his Western contemporaries, was an Arab mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. Born around a thousand years ago in the city of Basra in present day Iraq, Haythem’s creative powers flourished during a period known as the Islamic Golden Age. History would indeed […]
Read More Seeing through the pinhole – Ancient Scientists- Chapter 3 – Ibn al-HaythamThe basic actions of observation and introspection have been crucial to our growth as a species. Our ancestors gazed with great curiosity upon the star-studded night sky. Like moths to a flame, we were drawn to the expansive wonder that was the cosmos. Reminiscent of an unexplored ocean, it lay open for all to traverse […]
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The Procrastinating Scientist 