Wednesday 9 January 2013

Stargazing Live, the stability of nature and The Principle of Least Action


It is Wednesday today and School has returned to a state of stability, I know this because the Mathematics teacher showed us Newton’s formulas for the stability of nature, In an ideal world this would result in the entire school being all enthusiastic and leaping about particularly as the BBC Skygazing Live is on the television again tonight after what turned out to be jolly cloudy night last night, where no aliens were seen, and no stars or even the moon. But of course The Lagrangian Formalism (The Principle of Least Action) takes this into account and the result was lots of pupils wondering which class they should be in; and why the physics teacher was sweeping up mud in the playground, apparently it was the caretaker in a similar jumper with a pink reindeer on it, it appears the headmaster gave the same jumper to most of the school staff. . . . . . That is all well and good but if they all look the same how can I tell which lesson I’m in.  

So in a nut shell what I am saying is that Newton’s formulas for the stability of nature will state that my three slices of toast fall on the floor at lunchtime butter side down but the Lagrangian Formalism (The Principle of Least Action) states that by adding some curry and peanut butter to hide the fluff they tasted fine and the school cat will lick the floor clean.



I know I should be writing loads more at present but in keeping with The Principle of Least Action we are at the time of year when the least happens, it is a northern hemisphere thing the further north you get in the winter the less things are happening particularly in quiet rural communities where we keep our heads down until spring appears. As it happens there are signs of life poking out of the ground as things like daffodil’s start to grow and the Lemmings of Petrograd start singing the old songs of home. 

Sorry I stopped to watch the BBC Stargazing Live show so am a little later than planned with the post, I was interacting with The Principle of Least Action in way that shows its overall effect rather well.

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7 comments:

  1. I don't use nearly enough science to justify not writing. I'll have to get on that. ;-p

    Shannon at The Warrior Muse

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    1. Yes science can be extremely useful, although rather scarier I found a youtube clip about the The Principle of Least Action in Japanese that lasts over an hour . . . . . .PHEW

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  2. We're starting to see shoots sprouting where we are, but I doubt it'll last with all the snow we're supposed to be getting this weekend!
    Also, I tend not to understand anything scientific, so...sorry about that!

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    1. No problem with the science I don't understand it either, it makes it much easier to weave into a days tale that way. After all all science is right until proved wrong.

      Yes the cold is coming so it will soon be time to make SNOWMEN . . . . .WELL COOL

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  3. I appear to be a complete day behind with the rest of the world. I think I may have slipped into some kind of time hole thingy-ma-jig.
    Its quite annoying because I really wanted to watch all the star gazing things on the bbeb but have to download them through the internet but the internet hole is very small here and takes ages to squeeze all the program through.
    its all a bit of a headache...... and ive got a cold.

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    1. Mr H you are a man with a telescope I thought you would be out there fighting with the clouds cold and rain. As it happens I have missed tonight's Stargazing Live but have signed up for the Planet Four site. I have a link on tonight's Post so have a look it cool when it works....

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    2. I am going to look at that......now!

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