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File:Rider-Waite_Space_Elevator.jpg|link=Rider-Waite Space Elevator|The '''[[Rider-Waite Space Elevator]]''' is a space elevator based on the Rider-Waite tarot deck. Hashtag: [[#AsBelowSoAbove]].
File:Rider-Waite_Space_Elevator.jpg|link=Rider-Waite Space Elevator|The '''[[Rider-Waite Space Elevator]]''' is a space elevator based on the Rider-Waite tarot deck. Hashtag: [[#AsBelowSoAbove]].
File:Orbit_Funny_-_L5_Satire_Associates.jpg|link=L5 Satire Associates|'''[[L5 Satire Associates]]''' is a provisionally licensed transdimensional corporation which manufactures and distributes satire and satire-related services to Euclidean-space organisms.


File:Time Enough in Layers.jpg|link=Time Enough in Layers|'''''[[Time Enough in Layers]]''''': A geologist (Meredith Burgess-Shale) unleashes a global nuclear holocaust in order to find a rare trilobite. (The Twilight Zone: Forbidden Episodes)
File:Time Enough in Layers.jpg|link=Time Enough in Layers|'''''[[Time Enough in Layers]]''''': A geologist (Meredith Burgess-Shale) unleashes a global nuclear holocaust in order to find a rare trilobite. (The Twilight Zone: Forbidden Episodes)
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* [[Mendelevium on a Jet Plane]]
* [[Mendelevium on a Jet Plane]]
* ''[[Patch Atoms]]''
* ''[[Patch Atoms]]''

Latest revision as of 06:54, 18 September 2023

The Science Festival is a celebration of science: its methods and results.

Gallery

  • We Need to Talk About Kelvin a 2011 thermodynamics thriller drama film about a low-temperature physics researcher (Tilda Swinton) who struggles to come to terms with her psychopathic son and the horrors he has committed with liquid helium.

    We Need to Talk About Kelvin a 2011 thermodynamics thriller drama film about a low-temperature physics researcher (Tilda Swinton) who struggles to come to terms with her psychopathic son and the horrors he has committed with liquid helium.

  • Secret Reagent Man is a British-American television series about a spy (Patrick McGoohan) and a musician (Johnny Rivers) who team up to advance chemistry worldwide. Periodically guest starring Dmitri Mendeleev.

    Secret Reagent Man is a British-American television series about a spy (Patrick McGoohan) and a musician (Johnny Rivers) who team up to advance chemistry worldwide. Periodically guest starring Dmitri Mendeleev.

  • Patch Atoms is a 1998 American biographical comedy-drama documentary research project headed by theoretical physicist Robin Williams.

    Patch Atoms is a 1998 American biographical comedy-drama documentary research project headed by theoretical physicist Robin Williams.

  • Titration Zebra is a 1963 thriller novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean about a reagent, termed the titrant or titrator, which is prepared as a standard solution of known concentration and volume. The titrant reacts with a solution of analyte (which may also be termed the titrand) to determine the analyte's concentration. The volume of titrant that reacted with the analyte is termed the titration volume.

    Titration Zebra is a 1963 thriller novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean about a reagent, termed the titrant or titrator, which is prepared as a standard solution of known concentration and volume. The titrant reacts with a solution of analyte (which may also be termed the titrand) to determine the analyte's concentration. The volume of titrant that reacted with the analyte is termed the titration volume.

  • Cape Atmosphere is a 1962 American space flight psychological thriller film about a NASA meteorologist whose family is stalked by an astronaut he grounded from a critical flight.

    Cape Atmosphere is a 1962 American space flight psychological thriller film about a NASA meteorologist whose family is stalked by an astronaut he grounded from a critical flight.

  • Coriolis is a 2011 American action-Shakespeare film loosely based on William Shakespeare's physics textbook Coriolis about an inertial or fictitious force that acts on objects in motion within a frame of reference that rotates with respect to an inertial frame.

    Coriolis is a 2011 American action-Shakespeare film loosely based on William Shakespeare's physics textbook Coriolis about an inertial or fictitious force that acts on objects in motion within a frame of reference that rotates with respect to an inertial frame.

  • The Pressure of the Sierra Madre is a 1948 American Western geology disaster film about two downtrodden volcanologists (Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt) who join forces with a grizzled old prospector (Walter Huston) to stop a catastrophic eruption.

    The Pressure of the Sierra Madre is a 1948 American Western geology disaster film about two downtrodden volcanologists (Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt) who join forces with a grizzled old prospector (Walter Huston) to stop a catastrophic eruption.

  • Euglena Junction is a reality television program about the life of Euglena, a genus of single-celled flagellate protists. It is loosely based on the television program Petticoat Junction.

    Euglena Junction is a reality television program about the life of Euglena, a genus of single-celled flagellate protists. It is loosely based on the television program Petticoat Junction.

  • The Rider-Waite Space Elevator is a space elevator based on the Rider-Waite tarot deck. Hashtag: #AsBelowSoAbove.

    The Rider-Waite Space Elevator is a space elevator based on the Rider-Waite tarot deck. Hashtag: #AsBelowSoAbove.

  • L5 Satire Associates is a provisionally licensed transdimensional corporation which manufactures and distributes satire and satire-related services to Euclidean-space organisms.

    L5 Satire Associates is a provisionally licensed transdimensional corporation which manufactures and distributes satire and satire-related services to Euclidean-space organisms.

  • Time Enough in Layers: A geologist (Meredith Burgess-Shale) unleashes a global nuclear holocaust in order to find a rare trilobite. (The Twilight Zone: Forbidden Episodes)

    Time Enough in Layers: A geologist (Meredith Burgess-Shale) unleashes a global nuclear holocaust in order to find a rare trilobite. (The Twilight Zone: Forbidden Episodes)

  • Alka-Seltzer for Venus is a proposal to terraform Venus using enormous Alka-Seltzer tablets.

    Alka-Seltzer for Venus is a proposal to terraform Venus using enormous Alka-Seltzer tablets.

  • The Coriolis Force Modern Dance Company is a modern dance collective based in New Minneapolis, Canada which choreographs and performs original works relating to coriolis force.

    The Coriolis Force Modern Dance Company is a modern dance collective based in New Minneapolis, Canada which choreographs and performs original works relating to coriolis force.

  • Hell Bent for Lanthanum is a 1960 American Western film about an innocent chemist (Carl Gustaf Mosander) who is forced to go on the run to try and clear his name by isolating a new element (Lanthanum) from cerium nitrate.

    Hell Bent for Lanthanum is a 1960 American Western film about an innocent chemist (Carl Gustaf Mosander) who is forced to go on the run to try and clear his name by isolating a new element (Lanthanum) from cerium nitrate.

  • The Oort Patrol is an American action-astronomy television series about the exploits of four Allied astronauts — three Americans and one British — who are part of a long-range exoplanetary patrol group in the Oort Cloud campaign during World War II.

    The Oort Patrol is an American action-astronomy television series about the exploits of four Allied astronauts — three Americans and one British — who are part of a long-range exoplanetary patrol group in the Oort Cloud campaign during World War II.

  • Bayeswatch is an American dramatic action mathematics television series about statisticians who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California and Hawaii.

    Bayeswatch is an American dramatic action mathematics television series about statisticians who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California and Hawaii.

  • X Marks the Sputnik is a 2021 documentary film about a treasure map allegedly hidden in the Sputnik 1 satellite.

    X Marks the Sputnik is a 2021 documentary film about a treasure map allegedly hidden in the Sputnik 1 satellite.

  • "Some Kind of Renewable" is a song by Grand Funk Railroad and the U.S. Department of Energy.

    "Some Kind of Renewable" is a song by Grand Funk Railroad and the U.S. Department of Energy.

  • Cubewano, Lord of the Asteroids a 2018 science fiction adventure drama film directed by Andy Serkis, based on stories collected in All the Classical Kuiper Belt Object Stories by astronomer Rudyard Kipling.

    Cubewano, Lord of the Asteroids a 2018 science fiction adventure drama film directed by Andy Serkis, based on stories collected in All the Classical Kuiper Belt Object Stories by astronomer Rudyard Kipling.

  • "Mendelevium on a Jet Plane" is a song by John Denver and a team of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.

    "Mendelevium on a Jet Plane" is a song by John Denver and a team of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.

  • Project Darkwhistle (also Project Darkwhistle, DARK WHISTLE, etc.) is an orbital wind tunnel.

    Project Darkwhistle (also Project Darkwhistle, DARK WHISTLE, etc.) is an orbital wind tunnel.

  • The Dart Board Galaxy (Messier 101) is a face-on dartboard-type galaxy 21 million light-years (6.4 megaparsecs) away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Pseudo.

    The Dart Board Galaxy (Messier 101) is a face-on dartboard-type galaxy 21 million light-years (6.4 megaparsecs) away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Pseudo.

  • The Pomegranate cosmos model of the observable how the universe expanded from an initial state of extremely high density and high temperature, and offers a comprehensive explanation for a broad range of observed phenomena, including the abundance of light elements, the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, and large-scale Pomegranate-Like Structures (PLS).

    The Pomegranate cosmos model of the observable how the universe expanded from an initial state of extremely high density and high temperature, and offers a comprehensive explanation for a broad range of observed phenomena, including the abundance of light elements, the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, and large-scale Pomegranate-Like Structures (PLS).

  • 2019: Steganographic analysis of Confessions of a Quantum Artist-Engineer (1) unexpectedly reveals "at least two-hundred and fifty-six kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

    2019: Steganographic analysis of Confessions of a Quantum Artist-Engineer (1) unexpectedly reveals "at least two-hundred and fifty-six kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

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  • Post @ Twitter (5 September 2023) • Titration Zebra • Cape Atmosphere • The Pressure of the Sierra Madres • Coriolis
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