WOW. This was an outstanding episode of Veritasium on the Power Law probability distributions (i.e. probability distributions described by an *exponential* relationship between the variables). I never realized these types of probability distributions are so common, and that they behave in such similar ways to each other.

Even more bizarrely to me, there appear to be many systems in nature that *spontaneously* organize themselves in a way to exhibit Power Law probability distributions. In fact, I suspect that “black swan” events are possibly a symptom of mistakenly perceiving a Power Law distribution phenomenon as one exhibiting a Normal or even Log-Normal distribution.

#math #physics #probabilities #blackSwan

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Just eight days ago, I gave a popular science talk at mpi_grav@academiccloud.social about colorful phenomena in the sky, and now – boom!

Just minutes ago, there were beautiful iridescent clouds (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_ir…) here, north of Hanover, Germany.

Here, light is diffracted by tiny droplets in the clouds, creating these typical mother-of-pearl colors.

#Light #Physics #Photography #NaturePhotography #Diffraction #AtmosphericOptics

#knowledge #wissen #history #Geschichte #wissenschaft #science #physik #physics

Rätsel um blaue Aurora
Erste genaue Höhenmessung des seltenen blauen Polarlichts wirft neue Fragen auf 🤓

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Neues Rätsel um blaue Aurora - Erste genaue Höhenmessung des seltenen blauen Polarlichts wirft neue Fragen auf - scinexx.de

Das seltene blaue Polarlicht überrascht erneut. Höhenmessungen mit einer speziellen Hyperspektralkamera zeigen, dass das Maximum dieses Polarlichts in

^{Nadja Podbregar (Scinexx - Das Wissensmagazin)}

"The moment of discovery" does not always exist: the scientist's work is too tenuous, too divided, for the certainty of success to crackle out suddenly in the midst of his laborious toil like a stroke of lightening, dazzling him by its fire.

In: Eve Curie - Madame Curie - Chapter XII (p. 158)

~Marie Curie #BOTD in 1867.

#physics #radioactivity #womeninStem