The Birth and Death of Stars

Atrus · Aug 15, 2015

I just saw this lecture by Walter Lewin and thought some of you explorers here in this forum might be interested in this stuff so I'd like to share it.
At first I wouldn't have thought to watch the whole thing but I did.

It's about white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes and later binary systems (with black holes in them).

[video=youtube;0wP5GPFALCg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wP5GPFALCg[/video]

Kyo · Aug 15, 2015

Neato, Rep to you sir

WR3ND · Aug 15, 2015

Thanks for sharing. I'll check it out.

Pilot Mark · Aug 16, 2015

Fascinating, thank you for sharing.

WR3ND · Aug 16, 2015

Well, nothing I didn't already know, and I don't like his apparent presumption that his audience is incompetent and/or ignorant regarding the subject matter. However, it was still overall enjoyable to watch as it gave me a fresh perspective and helped me to take another step in identifying evidence for a theory that I've been working on for the last 15 years or so.

So, cheers for that.

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Speaking of white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes...

golden_eye · Aug 16, 2015

That was a nice overview of the subject. Thanks for posting!

Flimley · Aug 16, 2015

Ooo an intelligent post...excellent. +1 there.

Atrus · Aug 18, 2015

Glad you liked it guys.

That's a nice system you found there Wr3nd. What theory are you working on?

WR3ND · Aug 18, 2015

Atrus said:
Glad you liked it guys.

That's a nice system you found there Wr3nd. What theory are you working on?

It's rather complicated and I don't want to reveal too much since it's a work in progress, but basically it has to do with potential correlations between gravity, "dark energy," space-time, matter, and the speed of light.