http://lifesend.com/ Worship en-us <!-- Found 3 labeled equations eq ids: euler, emc2, states --> <!-- Found 1 figures fig ids: einstein_blackboard --> <style type="text/css">pre.code { background-color: #DDD; color: #112; padding: 10px; font-size: 90%; overflow: auto; margin: 4px 0px; width: 95%;}pre .normal {}pre .comment { color: #005; font-style: italic; }pre .keyword { color: #A00; font-weight: bold; }pre .method { color: #077; }pre .class { color: #074; }pre .module { color: #050; }pre .punct { color: #447; font-weight: bold; }pre .symbol { color: #099; }pre .string { color: #944; }pre .char { color: #F07; }pre .ident { color: #004; }pre .constant { color: #07F; }pre .regex { color: #B66; }pre .number { color: #F99; }pre .attribute { color: #5bb; }pre .global { color: #7FB; }pre .expr { color: #227; }pre .escape { color: #277; }div .aao_footer{ font-size: 80%; }</style> <div id=header> <h2>Equations of Worship</h2> Aaron Radke <br> 2007-11-17 <br> <em></em><p> </div> <div style="text-align:center"><a name="fig_einstein_blackboard"></a><a href='/static/fig/einstein_blackboard.jpg'><img src="/static/fig/einstein_blackboard_343.0x343.0_sh.png" border="none" alt="einstein_blackboard_343.0x343.0_sh.png" align="center" width="343.0" ></a><!-- <div class="caption"> Figure 1: none </div> --></div><p> Worship is beholding truth and finding it wonderful. <p> Physics had a profound influence on my understanding of worship. I sought the solid order of equations to escape the unstable ground of emotion. The world could be described in beautiful equations apart from frenzied emotion. Yet, in upheaval, worship grabbed me from behind. All of a sudden, I realized I could not explain why I rose in my seat in riveting wonder as derivations unfurled. Beyond the equations, I was stupefied by the capacity for wonder. We were made for wonder. Worship is beholding truth and finding it wonderful. Blindness and desecration is truth with disinterest. <p> Beauty is simple and at the same time massively entangled. The following are a sample of equations that exceedingly match this criteria. <p> From <b>mathematics</b>, Euler's equation <a href="#eq_euler">(1)</a>: <p><center><img style="veritcal-align:middle" src="/fig/130449940035387add8a3282191a56f42e5a7e1c1.png" title="euler" alt="e^(i\pi) + 1 = 0"/><span style="float:right"><a name="eq_euler">(1)</a></span></center><p> simply relates fundamental constants by fundamental operations. <p> From <b>physics</b>, Einstein's equation for energy <a href="#eq_emc2">(2)</a> : <p><center><img style="veritcal-align:middle" src="/fig/8438746787cdcb5c159074bea2e22f72f0cc39f11.png" title="emc2" alt="E = m_0 c2 / sqrt(1 - v2/c2) ~ m_0 c2"/><span style="float:right"><a name="eq_emc2">(2)</a></span></center><p> combines seemingly unrelated fundamentals of nature. <p> From <b>engineering</b>, the description of dynamic states <a href="#eq_states">(3)</a>: <p><center><img style="veritcal-align:middle" src="/fig/b8d31202caed75a69f350a2a893a53ffac7bb5701.png" title="states" alt="{ x. = f[(x,t,u)]; y = g[(x,t)] }"/><span style="float:right"><a name="eq_states">(3)</a></span></center><p> succinctly describes any physical system. <p> <div class=aao_footer> <hr> </div> Aaron Radke Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:27:36 +0000 <a href="/feed/physics">/equation_worship</a> <a href="/feed/physics">/equation_worship</a>