KB come KiloByte? Knowledge Base? Killer Bean? Keyboard? Kick-Boxing? Kuiper Belt? Kate Bush?

No, niente di tutto questo. Semplicemente, KB come KOSE BELLE.

Questa pagina racchiude brevi spiegazioni e link alle “cose belle” che mi capita di incontrare, osservare, scoprire, leggere, trovare ogni giorno e che desidero condividere per il solo piacere della bellezza visiva, uditiva, scientifica, culturale. Le KB generano piacere e divertimento in chi le fruisce.

What a tremendous impact! What a paramount effect all over the world.

Fusion which means “nuclear fusion” (not fission !!!)

There is a remote probability that this news becomes true as it’s not coming from a mad scientist who declares the feasibility of nuclear fusion but it’s Lockheed Martin that reports it.

The project is called Compact Fusion.

At Lockheed Martin Skunk Works®, theyâ€re making advancements in the development of fusion energy, the ultimate form of renewable power. Lockheed Martin scientists and engineers are looking at the biggest natural fusion reactor for inspiration – the sun. By containing the power of the sun in a small magnetic bottle, they are on the fast track to developing compact fusion reactors to serve the worldâ€s ever-growing energy needs.

Learn more about compact fusion by watching this video.

It was 45 years ago when the first men touched the lunar soil with Apollo 11 space mission.

President John F. Kennedy in his “Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs” on May 25, 1961 launched the idea of a Moon mission with these renowned words:

«First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth».

The mission lasted about 8 days, 16-24 July 1969.

Too many people contributed to the Apollo project and to the dream of the Man on the Moon. The words from Neil Armstrong, the commander of Apollo 11, on July 23rd, 1969 on the way home from the Moon summarize the outstanding achievement of Apollo project:

«We would like to give special thanks to all those Americans who built the spacecraft; who did the construction design, the tests, and put their hearts and all their abilities into those craft. To those people tonight, we give special thank you, and to all the other people that are listening and watching tonight. God bless you. Good night from Apollo 11».

These slides collect just some bits of information on probably the biggest and more complex Project ever conceived and carried out by Man. The slides are a mix of Italian and English. However, the images and photos are what count the most and describe better the Space challenge.

I was a very small child when They did it. I have few faint recollections… in front of a black-and-white TV somewhere. For the 40-year anniversary, in 2009, I bought some books and videos of Apollo project and had the opportunity to present what I learned to some classes, from elementary to high schools. These were touching experiences based on sharing the details on Apollo mission and Man’s will to achieve a Dream.

The Apollo 11 crew from left to right: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin Aldrin (only Armstrong and Aldrin touched the lunar soil. Collins kept on orbiting around the Moon in the Command Module, waiting Armstrong and Aldrin for the Rendezvous with the Lunar Module).

Ulteriori informazioni sono disponibili presso il sito Oltre il ragionevole dubbio.

Una presentazione dell’evento incidentale con la simulazione dinamica e l’analisi delle conseguenze è stata redatta dal PSE-Lab.

Even known as Golden Section, this irrational number: (√5 + 1)/2 and its inverse:  (√5 – 1)/2 have played a fascinating attraction on artists, architects, musicians, and scientists since ages.

We can find its presence both in Nature and in Artifacts from Athens Parthenon up to Apple’s logo.

Flowers, petals, seeds, leaves, branches base their structure and organization on a kind of perfect geometrical ratio which stems from Fibonacci’s numbers and the correlated Golden Ratio.

Indeed, we can also say the opposite as scientists and mathematicians where able to see the perfection on Nature and quantify it by means of the Golden section.

Enjoy its mathematical beauty at the following link…