Springsteen, Einstein, Isaac Newton and the ironic limits of genius

Three blindfolded figures representing science, math, and music with symbols and formulas

While Bruce Springsteen isn’t a scientist or a mathematician and is not likely to develop any grand theories of space or time, he appears to have developed a similar flaw in his thinking late in his career. Sir Isaac Newton was both one of the world’s most brilliant physicists and a devout Christian.  When he… Continue reading Springsteen, Einstein, Isaac Newton and the ironic limits of genius

I am Voyager 1 and I have traveled beyond the Solar System, further than any object made by human hands

Conceived and built in a lab by engineers using slide rules and tee squares, I was launched on a rocket, leveraged another rocket to shoot me into space, swept past Jupiter and Saturn, and then exited the Solar System across a career longer than my human creators.  I am Voyager 1 and I have traveled… Continue reading I am Voyager 1 and I have traveled beyond the Solar System, further than any object made by human hands