Peter Hill Explains

Peter Hill Explains

By Peter HillNatural Sciences
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Peter Hill Explains episodes

  • Debugging a Program
    A number of listeners looked at the test postings by the automation software as I tracked down a few glitches and limitations. Tracking down the MP3 composite files with MP3 file wrapping in the wrong place was like getting a snake out from under the house. http://lessonpeer.com/drhillteach/Debugging%20a%20Program.mp3
    16 min
  • The road to YouTube and Facebook
    It is a matter of time to link these podcasts to YouTube and Facebook. After sinking over 6 hours into just getting an automation engine to cast audio files as upload ready video (+ cover art and title) it really is a matter of time. http://lessonpeer.com/drhillteach/The%20road%20to%20YouTube%20and%20Facebook.mp3
    21 min
  • Nicholas of Cusa - super mind that sparked science Ep 3
    We have done the origin story and the world view. Now we really get to see how he takes the ideas of Plato underpin some ideas of General Relativity etc http://lessonpeer.com/drhillteach/Nicholas%20of%20Cusa%20-%20super%20mind%20that%20sparked%20science%20Ep%203.mp3
    15 min
  • Some science history is too good to be true
    It must have happened, some ideas are uncanny in how they are so correct on so little evidence or the thinking is so wrong in their genisis. Having a good reflection on what actually happened lets us unpack some of the real stories of science http://lessonpeer.com/drhillteach/Some%20science%20history%20is%20too%20good%20to%20be%20true.mp3
    1 min
  • e
    The exponential number e = 2.713 and the funciton e^x and e^-x^2 is just so fundamental to nature it is 'e'ssential http://lessonpeer.com/drhillteach/e.mp3
    2 min
  • Your first Wavefunction
    Rather than describe what a wavefuntion is like we go through the mathematical imagination of the concept http://lessonpeer.com/drhillteach/Your%20first%20Wavefunction.mp3
    22 min
  • Nicholas of Cusa - How he saw God and the Universe
    It is worth hearing the Standford Encycolpeadia of Philosophy. If you summarize you listen in peril, however listening to this requires some endurance. http://lessonpeer.com/drhillteach/Nicholas%20of%20Cusa%20-%20How%20he%20saw%20God%20and%20the%20Universe.mp3
    23 min
  • Nicholas of Cusa - Intro and Bio
    It is worth hearing the Standford Encycolpeadia of Philosophy. If you summarize you listen in peril, however listening to this requires some endurance. http://lessonpeer.com/drhillteach/Nicholas%20of%20Cusa%20-%20Intro%20and%20Bio.mp3
    15 min
  • Donation of Constantine
    This 8th century fraud has created the political basis of the Papal states and possession and as histroy unfolded Western Culture. The torment of comming to terms with the fact that it was a fake is part of the origin story of Science. http://lessonpeer.com/drhillteach/Donation%20of%20Constantine.mp3
    12 min
  • The smallest molecule
    This is the story of how I very gradually left the classical framework for the quantum world. Peaceful no dramas. http://lessonpeer.com/drhillteach/The%20smallest%20molecule.mp3
    17 min

About Peter Hill Explains

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You are welcome to listen in as I "explain things scientific". I have had great fun with lasers, robots and absorbing Quantum Physics. Now as a classroom teacher, laid low by heart surgery its time…