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Old November 22nd 07, 07:01 AM posted to sci.astro, sci.energy, sci.chem, sci.math
Christoph Schiller
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The new, twenty-first edition of the freely
downloadable physics textbook is available on

http://www.motionmountain.eu

Almost 1500 pages lead through the whole of physics, from
mechanics to relativity, electrodynamics, thermodynamics,
quantum theory, nuclear physics, astrophysics and
unification. Over hundred new figures and tables, and
numerous explanations have been added, with many
examples from animals, plants and machines.

The twenty-first edition now explains why the speed of
light is too slow to speculate with success on the stock
exchange, adds the second-level bear fur colour puzzle and
the young mother puzzle, presents the nearest place with
a pressure permanently lower than that of the atmosphere,
adds the puzzle about the horse and the snail on a rubber,
tells more about metamaterials, adds some simple chemical
puzzles, presents what incredible things on atomic layers
one can discover using a pencil and sticky tape, tells
more on biological rhythms and clocks, explains how to
observe the rotation of the Earth in any classroom after
two seconds of observation, shows an electric effect
observed on many playgrounds, shows the beauty of bursting
soap bubbles and bouncing tennis balls, explains how it is
possible to observe the motion of single, isolated
electrons, gives more details on the shape of the proton,
and tells how to build the simplest possible radio
control system.

Les 360 premières pages de cette aventure sont également
disponibles en français, grâce au travail remarquable de
Benoît Clénet, et peuvent être téléchargées depuis la
page d'accueil française.

A wiki open to everybody now keeps track of misprints
and suggestions.

Enjoy the reading!

Christoph Schiller
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Old November 22nd 07, 07:23 AM posted to sci.astro,sci.energy,sci.chem,sci.math
Dan Bloomquist
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Christoph Schiller wrote:

The twenty-first edition now explains why the speed of
light is too slow to speculate with success on the stock
exchange......

\
CraNK!!!!
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Old November 22nd 07, 07:27 AM posted to sci.astro,sci.energy,sci.chem,sci.math
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"Dan Bloomquist" wrote in message
...
Christoph Schiller wrote:

The twenty-first edition now explains why the speed of
light is too slow to speculate with success on the stock
exchange......

\
CraNK!!!!


hehe, he kinda gave that up pretty quick


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Old November 24th 07, 08:44 AM posted to sci.astro, sci.energy, sci.chem, sci.math
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On Nov 22, 7:23 am, Dan Bloomquist wrote:
Christoph Schillerwrote:
The twenty-first edition now explains why the speed of
light is too slow to speculate with success on the stock
exchange......


\
CraNK!!!!


The story is not invented. There are many articles on it, such as
http://infoproc.blogspot.com/2006/12...f-finance.html

Enjoy!

Christoph
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Old November 24th 07, 08:55 AM posted to sci.astro, sci.energy, sci.chem, sci.math
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On 24 Nov, 07:44, wrote:
On Nov 22, 7:23 am, Dan Bloomquist wrote:

Christoph Schillerwrote:
The twenty-first edition now explains why the speed of
light is too slow to speculate with success on the stock
exchange......


\
CraNK!!!!


The story is not invented. There are many articles on it, such ashttp://infoproc.blogspot.com/2006/12/speed-of-finance.html

Enjoy!

Christoph


An excellent resource on Physics.
Some of Christoph's ideas are not quite mainstream, but no one has
disproven them.

On the question of "Cranks", note the collaboration of John Baez,
inventor of the Crank scale.

I Don't think so.....
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Old November 24th 07, 05:16 PM posted to sci.astro,sci.energy,sci.chem,sci.math
Dan Bloomquist
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wrote:
On Nov 22, 7:23 am, Dan Bloomquist wrote:
Christoph Schillerwrote:
The twenty-first edition now explains why the speed of
light is too slow to speculate with success on the stock
exchange......

\
CraNK!!!!


The story is not invented. There are many articles on it, such as
http://infoproc.blogspot.com/2006/12...f-finance.html


"It now takes Tradebot about 1/1000 of a second to trade a stock,
compared with 20/1000 before the move -- a difference of about the time
it takes a computer signal to zip at nearly the speed of light from
Kansas City to New York and back."

First, it is 10 milliseconds from KC to NY and back. Second, packet
formation, queuing and switching would swamp a millisecond. Much less
time to process the information required to make the trade.

If this guy is putting his computer next door it is to avoid normal
traffic channels, not to beat the speed of light.
 




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