Age Definition and 590 Threads

  1. Z

    News Is the World really headed for another Dark Age?

    I'm talking about the World economy becoming so bad that it'll ultmately lead to revolts in every country and then the ensuing anarchy, which will bring down all the governments and authority.. reverting us back 300 years into another dark middle age. Before you answer, please give my...
  2. E

    Are We Actually Entering an Ice Age Instead of Global Warming?

    Does anyone else believe that we are not going through global warming but actually and ice age?
  3. M

    Ice Age Aborigines Made It To America?

    There is a surprisingly strong amount of evidence to support this idea. http://www.cenpat.edu.ar/diversidad/PDFsRolo/12-Neves%20et%20al.%202004.pdf. I've just read an amazing book linked to this speculation, see attachments. The only given theory as to how they could have made it is by boat. I...
  4. P

    At what age should mathematical proofs be taught to students

    I think college is way tooo late to learn how to write mathematical proofs! Proof writing should begin at least either in elementary school or middle school. Proof writing is just as important to a students education as learning how to write sentences and learn how to combined those sentences to...
  5. wolram

    Climate flickering ended last ice age

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216092824.htm Quote. The Younger Dryas event, which began approximately 12,900 years ago, was a period of rapid cooling in the Northern Hemisphere, driven by large-scale reorganizations of patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation...
  6. M

    Earth's Tilt Increase Averted Ice Age?

    There is a lot of speculation about why the Earth has not entered into a new ice age, following on from the pattern of glacial cycles recorded in the polar ice cores. It is a possibility that the Earth's tilt towards the Sun actually increased in the recent past. I know this sounds slightly...
  7. W

    Can 15-Year-Olds Work at Major Retailers Like Walmart in New York State?

    I was wondering if anyone knows of any jobs in new york state for a 15 year old boy? I am not look for yard work and baby sitting. I want real places. Also if you could give specific places like walmart not retail store. i need real places that you know hire 15 year olds.
  8. N

    Time Dilation: Finding Velocity & Age Difference

    1. Twins Abby and Billy separate. Abby travels at a uniform speed (except for the brief turn-around period) to a star 4.2 light years away and, upon returning, finds that she is 5.2 years younger than Bill. How fast was Abby traveling? By how much has Bill aged during the period Abby was...
  9. L

    Fundamental question: why do we age?

    Cells are constantly being replaced at a high rate, but why does our skin wrinkle nonetheless? When you workout or are involved in any physical activity, and you eat enough protein, muscle tissue is being built and repaired. Why do reflexes slow? It's still the same or nerve channels being...
  10. L

    Astronomy: Estimate the age of the observable universe

    Homework Statement How does the speed of light's finiteness limit the size of our observable universe? Using the speed of light (c = 3 x 10^8 m/s), estimate the age of the observable Universe in years given its estimated size of about 10^26 m. Homework Equations The Attempt at a...
  11. A

    Age Diffusion Theory and Fourier Transforms

    I am attempting to solve a second order differential, but I am have never done anything like this. I was told that it was a good Idea to think about Fourier transforms. \frac{d^{2}q}{dx^{2}}=\frac{dq}{dt} Boundary Conditions: q(+/-\infty,t)=0 q(x,0)=S_{0}\delta(x) Apparently the final...
  12. Andre

    The ice age and the ice volume problem

    Multiple evidence suggest that the Pleistocene epoch (2.56 Million years - 11.6 thousand years) was about waxing and waning Ice sheets with the pace of the milankovitch wobbles superimposed on the Earth orbit. One intriguing element showing this is a multiple multi-millenium cycle in...
  13. R

    Proof of the Big Bang and the Age of The Universe?

    What real proof is there of the Big Bang? I have never heard anything that is convincing. And how do scientists determine the age of the universe, is it really calculated or is it just estimated?
  14. P

    At what age did Newton encounter mathematics

    At what age did Newton encounter and fell in loved with mathematics? I was really surprised when some sources said that he learned trigonometry during his college years and that he didn't really read Euclid's elements until after...
  15. T

    How does a parsec relate to the age of the univers?

    The age of the universe is 13.7 gyrs. The distance to the CMB is 13.7 giga parsecs, maybe I don't understand what a parsec is. Can someone explain?
  16. E

    Calculating Age of Fossil Using 14C/12C Ratio

    Homework Statement Determine how old is a fossile where a 14C/12C ratio of 6.1 x 10^-13 is measured. 14C desintegration has a half-life of 5760 +- 40 years and proportion 14C/12C in living tissue is 1.17 x 10^-12. Determine the error in your calculation. Homework Equations Radioactive...
  17. R

    "Estimating the Age of a Black Hole"

    Is it possible to know BH age?
  18. H

    Late Bloomer in STEM: Overcoming Age Disadvantages

    Well here goes. I have been looking at the posts in this forum and they have been stressing me out about my age. I am 27 and have finished an associates degree and am in my first year as a physics students at a state school. Depending on how the classes are offered I will finish my bachelors...
  19. S

    Age and metallicity of Population I stars?

    I did some research in regards to the age and metallicity of population I stars in hopes to come up with a novel solution to the Fermi Paradox. Anyways, while the metallicity of the oldest Population I stars can be tracked down to be something like -1 (10% of that of the sun) determining the age...
  20. J

    Age of universe and relativity

    Hi, one of physician from Yale Univ explained first 6 days in bible can be very similar to 16 billion years if we understand relativity. His theory tells that first day after the big bang, temperture of the universe was around 3 trillion times higher which means frequency of universe...
  21. Orion1

    Age and structure of the Universe

    A recommended lecture on the age and detailed structure of the Universe, listed in reference 1. George Smoot is a Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his work on COBE.Primordial fluctuations simulation by Andrey Kravtsov: Reference...
  22. T

    Hubbkles Constant and the age of the universe Its not very long apparentely

    Homework Statement Neglecting other elements of the cosmological model, the inverse of the Hubble constant, 1/H_0 , tells us the time since the Big Bang - the age of the universe. If H_0 = 70 km/sec/Mpc, then how old is the universe? Homework Equations Given above The Attempt at a...
  23. wolram

    Solving Cosmic Age Problem with Interacting Dark Energy Models | arXiv:0809.3627

    arXiv:0809.3627 (cross-list from astro-ph) [ps, pdf, other] Title: Alleviation of Cosmic Age Problem In Interacting Dark Energy Model Authors: Shuang Wang, Yang Zhang Comments: 12 pages, 3 figures, 5 tables, to appear in PLB Journal-ref: Phys. Lett. B 669 (2008) 201 Subjects...
  24. Astronuc

    Ready for university by Grade 10 or age 16 yrs?

    Should Kids Be Able to Graduate After 10th Grade? http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20081107/us_time/shouldkidsbeabletograduateafter10thgrade By KATHLEEN KINGSBURY Kathleen Kingsbury – Fri Nov 7, 4:50 am ET Can most children be ready for junior college by Grade 10?! This does seem to shift the...
  25. B

    Matlab Program to determine Age of object

    Homework Statement Write a program to determine the age of an object given the creation date and todays date. The program must contain 6 user input statements (asking for year, month and date of creation, and year,month, todays date) and display the age of the object in days. I have...
  26. wolram

    Explore Gobero: Stone Age Graveyard in Niger's Ténéré Desert

    This is the best article i have read to date. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080815101317.htm The remarkable archaeological site, dating back 10,000 years and called Gobero after the Tuareg name for the area, was brimming with skeletons of humans and animals — including large...
  27. wolram

    The Secrets of the Universe: Measuring Age through Light Travel

    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/02/0217_050217_space.html How can we measure the cluster's age? Because astronomers are able to analyze light waves and thereby tell how long it took for the light, and the images the light creates, to reach Earth. The light that created the images...
  28. B

    Were most of you fully matured by your age 25

    or at 5 years later after you graduated college? Were most of you certain in what direction you wanted head to for the rest of your life? Were most of you fully matured by the end of your senior year in college (if a lot of you went to college that ) or were most of you unsure what you wanted...
  29. M

    Should I lie about my age in college?

    I'm a junior in college and just transferred to my new school. whenever i meet new people, they all seem very surprised that I am a junior not a freshman. I'm getting really fed up with this! I've been thinking about lying to people from now on: tellign them that I'm actually a sophmore
  30. Evo

    Legendary actor Paul Newman dies at age 83

    I didn't know he had cancer. http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/ap/20080927/122253216000.html
  31. J

    What is the Probability of Selecting Someone Born on My Birthday?

    I have a question regarding a probability question. If four people are randomly selected what is the probability that at least one is born on my birthday. This would make me think that I want to do the formula of 1 - (1/365)^4 which comes out to be 1 - .000000000005636405776 = .999999999...
  32. B

    Evaluating the age of a universe

    I need help evaluating the age of a universe. Using a graphed representation of hubbles's law. The recession velocity is on the y axis, and the x-axis is in billions of light years. How can I approach this problem?
  33. L

    What is the average age in the Physics Forum?

    I'm curious about demographics here at the Physics Forum.
  34. X

    Programs At what age did you complete your undergrad and grad degrees and phD?

    and at what age did you complete your undergrad and grad degrees and phD if you did it? I have a feeling that after one reaches thirty one cannot progress further... since most famous researchers were still young while making their greatest discoveries... anyways, my feelings aside... I...
  35. B

    You think the internet will have a Golden age era

    , Like the mediums television and radio were deemed to have golden ages where the quality of tv shows and radio broadcasts were at their peaked? Now most critics say that these mediums have will never produced quality shows like they did during their golden era, and sadly tv and radio shows...
  36. larkspur

    Is Your Brain Older Than You Are?

    Test your brain's age here: http://flashfabrica.com/f_learning/brain/brain.html" Apparently, mine is 20...much older than most PF'er brains I am sure. I used the Google toolbar to translate the instructions:
  37. P

    Medical Is Having Children at 60 a Good Idea?

    i only would like to know, is it good for the father to have children at the age of 60 ? the mother is around 50-55
  38. N

    How Old Is the Rock Using Potassium-Argon Dating?

    Homework Statement The technique known as potassium-argon dating is used to date old lava flows. The potassium isotope 40K has a 1.28 billion year half-life and is naturally present at very low levels. 40K decays by beta emission into 40Ar. Argon is a gas, and there is no argon in flowing lava...
  39. Borek

    Grandpa and Grandma's Combined Age: How Old Are They?

    Granpda and Grandma have 126 years togehter. How old is Grandma and how old is Grandpa, if Grandpa is twice older then Grandma was when Grandpa was as old as Grandma is now?
  40. Peeter

    Doppler-shift/hubbles-law implies big bang/universe age?

    I'm reading the relativistic mechanics chapter, of Hestenes' New Foundations for Classical Mechanics. After the derivation of relativistic doppler shift is some general discussion of applications. The last of which (4) discusses Hubbles law: "distant galaxies are receding from the Earth with...
  41. N

    Age of universe-speed of light

    we have seen galaxies 13 billion lightyears away... this means that 13 billion years ago those galagies were 13 billion light years away.. however the light we see from them was emited about 700 million years after the big bang... so if we and those galaxies were at that same point(big bang) and...
  42. P

    Calculating 238U/235U Ratio for Earth's Age

    Homework Statement The Age of the Earth is 4.5 × 109 y. Use the information given in the following table to calculate the ratio of the number of 238U nuclei at the present time to the number of 235U nuclei at the time of the formation of the Earth. Isotope Half-life...
  43. S

    Calculating the Age of a Body Using Carbon-14 Dating

    In 1991, hikers found the frozen remains of a man in a glacier in the Alps, near the Austrian-Italian border. Carbon-14 analysis of tissue samples taken from the body revealed that the ratio of carbon-14 was 52.7% of what it was originally. Calculate the age of the body. A formula to...
  44. D

    Productivity & Age: Evidence to Support Common Belief?

    I'm looking for some information regarding whether there is any evidence to support the widely held view that intellectual productivity peaks of an individual rises from their late teens, peaks in their 20s and starts to decline in their 30s. However, I'm not sure that search terms to use when...
  45. wolram

    Sunspot Activity and the Possibility of a New Little Ice Age

    http://www.reuters.com/article/blogBurst/science?type=scienceNews&w1=B7ovpm21IaD The Younger Dryas occurred at a time when orbital forcing should have continued to drive climate to the present warm state. The unexplained phenomenon has been the topic of much intense scientific debate, as well...
  46. U

    When is the best age to have kids?

    Me and my girlfriend have been having this ongoing debate, and I'd like to see what others think is the best age. When I say "best age" I mean the age where you are old enough to be financially stable and responsible, yet young enough that you're not quite over the hill. I say 28, she says...
  47. C

    Light-Years, Horizons & the Age of the Universe

    Is it accurate to say: The Light-Year distance from Earth to the Surface of Last Scattering (= CMB location) EQUATES TO the Age of the Universe (13.73 Gyr)? (ignoring units conversion factors). Would an observer, say 13.0 G Light-yr from us, ALSO see the CMB the same distance away...
  48. B

    Does your interest in learning cease at a certain age?

    For instance, when a person graduates from college , do you think they've learned all they need to know and so they just apply the skills they acquired in college to society? Or do you think people just stop feeding there mind after they had kids? Of course, you need to learn parental skills...
  49. J

    A question about the evidence for the age of our known universe

    I just wanted to start by stating that I have been a long time reader of these forums (this is my first post) and want to thank all of you out there for taking the time to share with the rest of us your knowledge and insight. I have fairly recently become interested in the topic of our...
  50. G

    Photon's age? consider two interacting photons in the EPR effect

    consider two interacting photons in the EPR effect. the photons separate and move towards different detectors 1 km in each direction. measuring the first photon instantaneously affects the other photon. how much has teh first photon aged? how much has the second photon aged?
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