Here is a cool short video showing the birth and death of a sun-like star (G-type). Basically, it is compressing 10 billion years into 6 minutes! It would have been really cool if they had shown time at the bottom (as some stages last much longer than others - like the current state of the Sun - but they have all been treated evenly here. Ok - I should stop nit-picking on the video). Enjoy! (tip from Open Culture):
What is Irtiqa?
Irtiqa is Salman Hameed's blog. A few years ago (before Facebook killed many of the blogs), it used to track stories of science & religion, especially those related to Muslim societies. That is still one of its foci, but now it dovetails more of Salman's interests including film, astronomy, science fiction, and science outreach in both Pakistan and the US.
Irtiqa literally means evolution in Urdu. But it does not imply only biological evolution. Instead, it is an all encompassing word used for evolution of the universe, biological evolution, and also for biological/human development. While it has created confusion in debates over biological evolution in South Asia, it provides a nice integrative name for this blog. For further information, contact Salman Hameed.
The blog banner is designed by Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad. You can find all his creative endeavors at Orangie.
Salman Hameed
Salman is an astronomer and Associate Professor of Integrated Science & Humanities at Hampshire College, Massachusetts. Currently, he is working on understanding the rise of creationism in contemporary Islamic world and how Muslims view the relationship between science & religion. He is also working with historian Tracy Leavelle at Creighton University to analyze reconciliation efforts between astronomers and Native Hawaiians over telescopes on top of sacred Mauna Kea in Hawaii. He teaches “History and Philosophy of Science & Religion” with philosopher Laura Sizer, and “Science in the Islamic World”, both at Hampshire College. Salman and Laura Sizer are also responsible for the ongoing Hampshire College Lecture Series on Science & Religion, and you can find videos of all these lectures below. Contact information here.
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Blog Archive
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- Cliodynamics and the science of history
- Life and death of a star in six minutes
- Who can go to heaven?
- God and philosophers III: The Fine-tuning Argument
- God and philosophers II: The Design Argument
- God and philosophers I: The Ontological Argument
- A Christmas lecture by Carl Sagan
- Internet and the spread of Islamic Creationism
- History, archaeology and Biblical stories
- Hecht on doubt
- Harun Yahya and the arts
- Video: Paul Davies - Origin of the Laws of Physics
- Science paper on Islamic Creationism
- Back to the US Sunday night
- Interview with New Scientist on Islamic Creationism
- Ghamidi on Islam and evolution
- Starbucks, churches, and jihadis
- Talking about "origins" in Pakistan
- Genes tracing Jewish and Muslim conversion in Spain
- Born creationists
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1 comments:
Great video and the backing soundtrack works well. Agree with your nit-picking, the clock would've been nice!
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