December 11

From Gnomon Chronicles


Better Than News

  • Four Angry Men is a British Invasion courtroom drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring the Beatles.

    Four Angry Men is a British Invasion courtroom drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring the Beatles.

  • "A Taste of Money" is a song by The Pinkles from their album The Dark Side of the Beat.

    "A Taste of Money" is a song by The Pinkles from their album The Dark Side of the Beat.

  • "Day Flipper" is a song by The Beatles. It is loosely based on the Cleansing of the Temple.

    "Day Flipper" is a song by The Beatles. It is loosely based on the Cleansing of the Temple.

  • Maxwell's silver demon is a musical thought experiment that would hypothetically prevent crimes against the second law of thermodynamics. It was proposed by physicist and alleged time-traveler James Clerk Maxwell in 1867 during an impromptu jam session with the Beatles in late 1966 and early 1967.

    Maxwell's silver demon is a musical thought experiment that would hypothetically prevent crimes against the second law of thermodynamics. It was proposed by physicist and alleged time-traveler James Clerk Maxwell in 1867 during an impromptu jam session with the Beatles in late 1966 and early 1967.

  • Alps! is one of the so-called "lost" Beatles albums.

    Alps! is one of the so-called "lost" Beatles albums.

Beyond Plausible

In Other Words

  • Armageddon Hootenanny is an American television variety show featuring warfare-themed music and humor with the "Military-Industrial State" as the backdrop.

    Armageddon Hootenanny is an American television variety show featuring warfare-themed music and humor with the "Military-Industrial State" as the backdrop.

Are You Sure

• ... that physicist and mathematician Max Born (11 December 1882 – 5 January 1970) born was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics for his "fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially in the statistical interpretation of the wave function"?

• ... that Scroogebusters is a 1984 American supernatural Christmas film about a cynical and selfish parapsychologist who is haunted by a succession of ghosts on Christmas Eve intent on possessing Santa Claus?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1781: Physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, and writer David Brewster born.

    1781: Physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, and writer David Brewster born.

  • 1792: French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.

    1792: French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.

  • 1882: Physicist and mathematician Max Born born. He will win the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics for his "fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially in the statistical interpretation of the wave function".

    1882: Physicist and mathematician Max Born born. He will win the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics for his "fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially in the statistical interpretation of the wave function".

  • 1922: Physicist Peter Mazur born. Mazur will pioneer the field of non-equilibrium thermodynamics.

    1922: Physicist Peter Mazur born. Mazur will pioneer the field of non-equilibrium thermodynamics.

  • 1998: Physicist and mathematician André Lichnerowicz dies. He worked in differential geometry and mathematical physics.

    1998: Physicist and mathematician André Lichnerowicz dies. He worked in differential geometry and mathematical physics.

Topic of the Day

Blue orbs

  • Bucky Fuller, Orb King is a 2021 fantasy engineering film about a brilliant wizard (Buckminster Fuller) who uses tensegrity principles to construct a glowing blue orb.

    Bucky Fuller, Orb King is a 2021 fantasy engineering film about a brilliant wizard (Buckminster Fuller) who uses tensegrity principles to construct a glowing blue orb.

  • The Salem orb trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of orbcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than two hundred people were accused. Thirty were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging (fourteen women and five men). One other man, Giles Corey, was pressed to death for refusing to plead, and at least five people died in jail.

    The Salem orb trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of orbcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than two hundred people were accused. Thirty were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging (fourteen women and five men). One other man, Giles Corey, was pressed to death for refusing to plead, and at least five people died in jail.

  • The Blue Orb Faction was a West German far-left militant organization founded in 1970. The group was motivated by leftist political concerns and the perceived failure of their parents' generation to confront Germany's Red-Black-White Sphere past.

    The Blue Orb Faction was a West German far-left militant organization founded in 1970. The group was motivated by leftist political concerns and the perceived failure of their parents' generation to confront Germany's Red-Black-White Sphere past.

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