Learning
Last night we attended the midweek meeting which started at 6:30 pm. The timing assures we will not be heading home too late at night. Some interesting math: Exactly five and a half hours separate this midweek meeting from not being a midweek meeting.
Speaking of math, besides Bible-based learning at the meetings I've also been learning from the book of creation. I've been reading a well-written book on physics that's been teaching me much about atmospheric pressure, hydrostatic pressure, gravity, astronomy, and many other things. The outstanding feature common in all these subjects is how much genius is involved in the way things work. Here's a quote from the book making this point ...
"The things we don't see at first, and take for granted, like gravity and air pressure, turn out to be among the most fascinating of all phenomena. It's like the joke about two fish swimming along happily in a river. One fish turns to the other, a skeptical look on its face, and says, 'What's all this new talk about "water?"'"
(I'm pretty sure I got the quotation marks right.)
On the subject of gravity, did you know that if you drop a hammer and a feather at the same time, and there's no air to slow down the feather, they will both fall at the same speed? Here's a link to a video of it being done - on the moon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mTsrRZEMwA
Also on the subject of gravity ... this morning, while enjoying breakfast on the balcony we noticed a fellow on the grounds removing coconuts from the palm trees. Now there's a service I much appreciate. The idea of a random coconut falling on my head evokes in my mind more than one definition of gravity.
Speaking of math, besides Bible-based learning at the meetings I've also been learning from the book of creation. I've been reading a well-written book on physics that's been teaching me much about atmospheric pressure, hydrostatic pressure, gravity, astronomy, and many other things. The outstanding feature common in all these subjects is how much genius is involved in the way things work. Here's a quote from the book making this point ...
"The things we don't see at first, and take for granted, like gravity and air pressure, turn out to be among the most fascinating of all phenomena. It's like the joke about two fish swimming along happily in a river. One fish turns to the other, a skeptical look on its face, and says, 'What's all this new talk about "water?"'"
(I'm pretty sure I got the quotation marks right.)
On the subject of gravity, did you know that if you drop a hammer and a feather at the same time, and there's no air to slow down the feather, they will both fall at the same speed? Here's a link to a video of it being done - on the moon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mTsrRZEMwA
Also on the subject of gravity ... this morning, while enjoying breakfast on the balcony we noticed a fellow on the grounds removing coconuts from the palm trees. Now there's a service I much appreciate. The idea of a random coconut falling on my head evokes in my mind more than one definition of gravity.
Gravity NOT being taken for granted.
By the way, in case you're interested, the book is entitled, "For The Love Of Physics."
Addendum:
Here are are some evening photos ...
Addendum:
Here are are some evening photos ...
Clouds coming from the Sierra Madre mountains
as see from our front balcony.
Sunset Pinks
Our building as seen from the beach.
The sunset was in the opposite direction.
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