Hi, Doug,
When i was making a such a decision, cosmology wasn't the field it is now.
Modern technology has in the last 20 years (more?) made it the science it is
today While speculative extrapolation goes on, as expected, the field was all
spculation once upon a time not awfully long ago.
Best,
Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: Douglas Roberts
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 12:01 AM
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] And speaking of levels of heaven
Hi, Jack.
If I had it to do all over again I would quite possibly work in the field of
cosmology in one regard or another. I'm envious of those who do work in
cosmology-related fields..
At last year's SuperComputing conference I had the privilege of meeting
George Smoot, Noble prize winner for physics in 2006. A small group of 5 of us
sat at the Berkeley booth one afternoon and he talked with us about cosmology
for over an hour.
--Doug
On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Jack Leibowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Doug,
May I boast for a minute that my wife, retired from NASA, worked on the
HUBBLE and WMAPS. The deep field picture and many other Hubble pics were made
possible by her group. She was an analyst and programmer in those projects. A
number of those pics, such as the deep field one, are in the book we spoke of
in our e-mail exchange.I am moved, as you are, by those pictures.
Jack.
----- Original Message -----
From: Douglas Roberts
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 2:15 PM
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] [FRIAM] And speaking of levels of heaven
Here's a nice, long glimpse back towards our beginnings. *Much* further
back than 6.000 years ago, I might add. All the way back to when our
observable universe was a mere 2 billion hears old. You should pull down the
image & stare at all the galaxy dots for a minute or two. It's good for the
soul...
http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2008/pr-39-08.html
My favorite photo in this class, however, is still the Hubble ultra-deep
field, in visible light looking back about 13 billion years:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Ultra_Deep_Field
--Doug
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