That is the furthest west that Connecticut has Universities, Northern Ohio is really the Western Reserve of Connecticut. By having our reserves out there should something happen to people in CT we can recall the extra from the Reserve.
Sorry Kath, could not resist going to whare they got that name from. But we were good and let you become a state.
There are many visible historical references here to the Western Reserve from sign posts to ancient engravings on boulders (endless), sections of the library devoted to this history. OTH, you stole it all from the Erie indians didn't you?
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I'm excited 'cause I have a job interview on Monday for a research associate position at Case Western Reserve University in their peds department.
Congratulations. My father-in-law graduated from Case school of chemical engineering and my neice also graduated from there -- she is now a med student or intern with Cleveland Clinic. I retired from Rockwell International (Automation) in the Cleveland suburb of Mayfield Heights. I live 30 miles east of Cleveland in Lake County. Welcome to the "neighborhood".
I grew up in Cleveland (Maple Heights to be exact). Love the city. Was just downtown today in the Halle Building.
I'm hoping I get the job. It would be wonderful to work for Case.
Thanks Mike.
I'm excited 'cause I have a job interview on Monday for a research associate position at Case Western Reserve University in their peds department.
'Case Western Reserve' - sounds like a good wine vintage! :-)
Seriously where is that? What will you do?
Cheers, Mike.
Case Western has an important place in the history of physics and is directly relevant to LIGO. The Michelson-Morely experiment was carried out at Case Western. It was the experiment that demonstrated that the speed of light is constant, independent of the motion of the emitter or observer. This is the fundamental basis of Einstein's special theory of relativity, which eventually became the general theory of relativity, which is our modern theory of gravity. And LIGO uses a interferometer (as originally used by Michelson and Morley) to sense gravity waves.
I'm not an expert at this, but shouldn't we say: The speed of light is constant relative to...
Because I do believe the speed of light is not constant in many situations we are not often aware of=)
The speed of light in a vacuum is measured as the same by all observers - presumably by those who use whatever equipment to do so, but with calibration of such equipment against other observers. Einstein indeed thought at some length in fact about that issue, and his treament of the definition of 'simultaneity' is a central pivot in the relativity theses. A good primer, written by the man himself and well worth the effort, is "Relativity The Special and the General Theory" ( ISBN 0-517-88441-0 ). I've got the Random House Edition paperback. Take your time to read it, perhaps in bite size chunks, as it's deceptively simple reasoning leads you to some surprising conclusions - sort of before you realise it! You'll understand what I'm getting at when you read it anyway .... :-)
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Case Western has an important place in the history of physics and is directly relevant to LIGO. The Michelson-Morely experiment was carried out at Case Western. It was the experiment that demonstrated that the speed of light is constant, independent of the motion of the emitter or observer. This is the fundamental basis of Einstein's special theory of relativity, which eventually became the general theory of relativity, which is our modern theory of gravity. And LIGO uses a interferometer (as originally used by Michelson and Morley) to sense gravity waves.
Cheers,
Bruce
Thank you Bruce! So that's where it was done... I think I read that they floated the interferometer on a pool of mercury .... I guess that wouldn't pass OH&S nowadays!
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
That is the furthest west that Connecticut has Universities, Northern Ohio is really the Western Reserve of Connecticut. By having our reserves out there should something happen to people in CT we can recall the extra from the Reserve.
Sorry Kath, could not resist going to whare they got that name from. But we were good and let you become a state.
There are many visible historical references here to the Western Reserve from sign posts to ancient engravings on boulders (endless), sections of the library devoted to this history. OTH, you stole it all from the Erie indians didn't you?
Not sure which tribe we stole the name from, that was before my time (at least in this lifetime, may have been there in another life). People there had better be good or those if us in Connecticut will take our Western Reserve back ***LOL***
Rays Place Forums Kath is moderator for the BOINC boards there. We just can't get enoughf of her wisdom.
Case Western has an important place in the history of physics and is directly relevant to LIGO. The Michelson-Morely experiment was carried out at Case Western. It was the experiment that demonstrated that the speed of light is constant, independent of the motion of the emitter or observer. This is the fundamental basis of Einstein's special theory of relativity, which eventually became the general theory of relativity, which is our modern theory of gravity. And LIGO uses a interferometer (as originally used by Michelson and Morley) to sense gravity waves.
Cheers,
Bruce
Thank you Bruce! So that's where it was done... I think I read that they floated the interferometer on a pool of mercury .... I guess that wouldn't pass OH&S nowadays!
Cheers, Mike.
However they do it is likely much more accurate than trying to "eyeball"
the speed of light.
RE: Case Western Reserve
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There are many visible historical references here to the Western Reserve from sign posts to ancient engravings on boulders (endless), sections of the library devoted to this history. OTH, you stole it all from the Erie indians didn't you?
Good Luck on the Job, Kath.
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Good Luck on the Job, Kath.
RE: RE: ... I'm excited
)
I grew up in Cleveland (Maple Heights to be exact). Love the city. Was just downtown today in the Halle Building.
I'm hoping I get the job. It would be wonderful to work for Case.
Kathryn :o)
Einstein@Home Moderator
RE: RE: Thanks Mike. I'm
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Case Western has an important place in the history of physics and is directly relevant to LIGO. The Michelson-Morely experiment was carried out at Case Western. It was the experiment that demonstrated that the speed of light is constant, independent of the motion of the emitter or observer. This is the fundamental basis of Einstein's special theory of relativity, which eventually became the general theory of relativity, which is our modern theory of gravity. And LIGO uses a interferometer (as originally used by Michelson and Morley) to sense gravity waves.
Cheers,
Bruce
Director, Einstein@Home
Hye, I'm not an expert
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Hye,
I'm not an expert at this, but shouldn't we say: The speed of light is constant relative to...
Because I do believe the speed of light is not constant in many situations we are not often aware of=)
RE: Hye, I'm not an
)
The speed of light in a vacuum is measured as the same by all observers - presumably by those who use whatever equipment to do so, but with calibration of such equipment against other observers. Einstein indeed thought at some length in fact about that issue, and his treament of the definition of 'simultaneity' is a central pivot in the relativity theses. A good primer, written by the man himself and well worth the effort, is "Relativity The Special and the General Theory" ( ISBN 0-517-88441-0 ). I've got the Random House Edition paperback. Take your time to read it, perhaps in bite size chunks, as it's deceptively simple reasoning leads you to some surprising conclusions - sort of before you realise it! You'll understand what I'm getting at when you read it anyway .... :-)
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: Case Western has an
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Thank you Bruce! So that's where it was done... I think I read that they floated the interferometer on a pool of mercury .... I guess that wouldn't pass OH&S nowadays!
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: RE: Case Western
)
Not sure which tribe we stole the name from, that was before my time (at least in this lifetime, may have been there in another life). People there had better be good or those if us in Connecticut will take our Western Reserve back ***LOL***
Rays Place Forums Kath is moderator for the BOINC boards there. We just can't get enoughf of her wisdom.
Try the Pizza@Home project, good crunching.
RE: RE: Case Western has
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However they do it is likely much more accurate than trying to "eyeball"
the speed of light.