Say Hello To My Little Friend: The Atom, Imaged
I am fascinated with outer space, this is true. But if you stop to think about it, the inner space between the atoms is just as awe-inspiring as the vast distances separating the planets, stars and galaxies. In actuality the volume inside an hydrogen atom is essentially empty; the single electron “orbits” (if we consider the simple Bohr model of the atom) the central proton at a huge distance. It’s analogous to a quantum star system, where a planet orbits its parent star, hundreds of millions o
Categories: long-distance Tags: atom, central, four-persons, fuel-surcharges, hydrogen-atom, quantum-star, single, the-planets, volume-inside
Google Summer of Code 2009 Wrap Up
Another summer is over. The maples in my neighborhood are changing color and we just finished our third Google Summer of Code (GSoC) participation, the best ever. Like the previous two editions, GSoC has been a catalyst beyond the five project slots generously allocated to us by Google. GSoC has been more than money. More than an opportunity to attract fresh contributors and get things done. It has been first and foremost a transformational opportunity, making an inherently insider organization
Categories: long-distance Tags: are-changing, atom, been-harder, beyond-the-five, central, fuel-surcharges, google-summer, neighborhood, ocean, quantum-star, super, super-power, two-editions, volume-inside