There's a book on the topic that I've been meaning to read: https://www.amazon.com/Empire-Their-Own-Invented-Hollywood/dp/0385265573/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=empire+of+their+own&qid=1568575461&s=gateway&sr=8-1
The short answer is that the entertainment industry has historically been open to people who are marginalized from other career paths. So disproportionate representation of minorities in the performing arts is something that you often see across cultures and throughout history.
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The German scientists who were working on the Nazi nuclear program were taken prisoner by the British and kept incarcerated in Britain. Their rooms were bugged, and they were secretly recorded discussing in disbelief the news of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs. They knew the science and theory, but many of them didn't believe it was possible.
You are correct they didn't have sufficient uranium. Indeed, thanks to the Allied special forces and air-raids, and Norwegian resistance fighters, the only access to heavy water was destroyed and the largest shipment of heavy water itself was sunk (ironically).
I highly recommend Richard Rhodes The Making of the Atomic Bomb. It won a Pulitzer Prize in its own right. An utterly fascinating book and extremely well written.
The Sound Reinforcement Handbook by Yamaha
Other great YouTube is Dave Rat
Yeah, Su's not just reading off a script. Her English has come really far; she's at the point of having enough vocabulary to feel like she can express what she wants to express once she picks the right words out of her dictionary. So she still has to do a translation of concepts into a smaller set of words (sort of like the book Thing Explainer) but she's got the confidence to do so.
It's a fantastic book. No need to get all of them though, this is a pic of the third edition (2015), the second edition (1989), and the first edition (1980). You can skip the first and second.
The creator of xkcd wrote a book on 'Serious scientific answers to Absurd hypothetical questions', I really enjoyed it, it was quite entertaining:
Sample of what some of the stuff in the book looks like:
Book on amazon:
Books. Start with your local library system and find every book they have on the subject. Scan them all, and read those that seem to speak to you. Ask for book recommendations here. The one that comes up most often for live sound is "Sound Reinforcement Handbook" ( https://www.amazon.com/Sound-Reinforcement-Handbook-Gary-Davis/dp/0881889008/ref=sr_1_1?crid=32D1J9UME9UQA&keywords=sound+reinforcement+handbook+2nd+edition&qid=1564110323&s=gateway&sprefix=sound+reinfo%2Caps%2C194&sr=8-1 )
There are used copies available on Amazon for less. Even though it's from 1989 most of the information is still applicable.
Actually, if you're interested, there's a book on this exact subject called A Universe from Nothing that explains how this can happen.
But also, you're forgetting that you're applying that logic to the universe and then making god "immune" to that same logic. So what you're saying is logically inconsistent and would not qualify as a viable explanation of the universe's existence.
Absolutely the following book: This is Your Brain on Music
This highly readable and engaging book discusses the nature of music, including a bit of theory, how we process music neurobiologically, and how we perceive music mentally. It's a must read...
It might be good to know that as a lifetime EE, you’re ALWAYS learning and trying to understand more. Get the book titled The Art of Electronics, 3rd Edition. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0521809266/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_R-8eFb73Z7TV8
Randall Munroe from xkcd wrote a book like that: https://www.amazon.com/What-If-Scientific-Hypothetical-Questions/dp/0544272994/
I'm pretty sure his webcomic probably has some of that kind of thing?
A Galileoscope and books. I currently like Thing Explainer, which seems really good for that age. Any space book will do though.
Update with Amazon link to book
One of the better online resources for getting from zero to basic understanding is the Navy Electricity and Electronics Training Series.
http://www.fcctests.com/neets/Neets.htm
For something with more rigor and much more depth. one could do worse than "The Art of Electronics" by Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill. But that might not be basic enough for some.
https://www.amazon.com/Art-Electronics-Paul-Horowitz/dp/0521809266/
The Sound Reinforcement Handbook may be of interest to you. It is fairly technical and it's focused on live sound design, but I found it to be a valuable read.
There are two kinds of creation: creating a thing from another thing, like making a chair from a tree, and creating something from nothing, which has only happened once that we know of, and it is usually referred to as the Big Bang.
However, matter can be created from energy, and virtual particles can be created from empty space. Neither truly qualifies as creating something from nothing, but they come kind of close.
While we're on the topic, here's a book: A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing. Here's a lecture based on the book, by the book's author: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ImvlS8PLIo (65 minutes).
I am reading his book "Surely You're Joking.." am loving it, until out of nowhere there is a chapter will him calling girls 'bitches' just because they milk guys for drinks. WTF! Kinda pointless chapter and arrogant.
If you've got a chunk of money (~90 USD) to drop on it:
https://www.amazon.com/Art-Electronics-Paul-Horowitz/dp/0521809266
Valuable resource for anyone at any stage of electronics learning. Covers many different types of components (ranging from simple passives on up to complex integrated circuits) and their characteristics, common circuits/ applications, etc.
Mathematician here, who also loves reading and a cup o' tea.
I really enjoyed reading the book by Randall Munroe (the creator of XKCD), about absurd hypothetical questions answered rigorously by science. I couldn't put it down!
You can find it here.
Yes, that's the one. Looks like I was paraphrasing the secondary title. And miss spelling the author's name a bit.
Here's the Amazon link.
https://www.amazon.com/Universe-Nothing-There-Something-Rather/dp/1451624468
Everyone's bad at reasoning about chance, here's a funny book with many great example. That book even uses the exact example of people - including doctors - rarely being able to correctly calculate the odds someone's sick given a problem like yours there. Hell: a lot of people can't even answer correctly: "If I flip a coin three times what are the odds it'll come up the same way all three times?". Prolific and well respected mathematician Paul Erdos struggled to intuitively understand the Monty Hall problem even though he conceded the mathematical proof was there.
If you're able to learn the answer, figure out how it works and start applying that sort of thinking to new problems you'll be fine. Next to nobody is able to just know the right way to approach probability problems without training.
Have you read 'This is Your Brain on Music' by Daniel J. Levitin? Sounds like it's similar to the work you're doing.
http://www.amazon.com/This-Your-Brain-Music-Obsession/dp/0452288525/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1448051552&sr=8-1&keywords=This+is+Your+Brain+on+Music
November 24. A few people seem to have early copies though.
Do yourself a favor and read the Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Handbook. It's old (doesn't cover anything digital) but still really useful for understanding the fundamentals.
The Art of Electronics will take you from Ohm's Law to modern computer circuits in one volume. It has a wealth of information, and almost anyone worth their salt as a circuit designer will have a copy of this on hand for reference.
Okay, well I guess this entire book about Jews creating Hollywood is just bullshit, and all the scholarly articles about immigrant Jews creating and maintaining (aka running) Hollywood through the early years through the Golden age are nonsensical, in part because Walt Disney was also there, being not Jewish
I stumbled across Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! and he's been one of my heros ever since.