Hsu Han's talk 11/05/05

Time: Nov. 5 (Sat) 2:00pm
Location: Texas Union African-American Culture Room 4.110
(ThanksUT Buddhist Associationfor sponsoring our room reservation.)

Part I
Speaker: Han Hsu
Topic: Gravitation-the First Unified Theory

Abstract
Newton’s theory of gravitation is the first unified theory developed by human being, and also one of the greatest achievements of human mind. It successfully explains why all objects on the surface of earth fall with a constant
acceleration, and why the moon not falls on the ground (it falls, in fact).
Three hundred years after its discovery, the theory of gravitation helps us going to the moon, and makes the navigation in space possible.
This week, we will watch two video tapes. One is about how Newton’s gravitation theory explains both the motion on the earth and the motion in the heaven. The second video tape is about how this theory helps us to send spaceships to the other planets in our solar system: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and even Uranus.
The great and amazing success of the theory of gravitation makes us so confident to call it a law. This law, as we know, is one of the fundamental
laws in this universe.

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重力-人類的第一個統一理論
摘要
牛頓的重力理論是人類發展出的第一套統一理論，同時也是人類心智最偉大的成就之一。這個理論不但成功解釋了為何地表上所有的物體都以同樣的加速度墜落，也解釋了為何月球不會掉到地面上 (其實一直往下掉)。在發現重力三百年後的今日，我們藉著這套理論登上月球，進而航向太空深處。
本週，我們將觀看兩部錄影帶。第一部是關於牛頓的重力理論如何能解釋地表上的運動，同時又能解釋天體的運動。第二部的內容則是我們如何憑藉這套理論航向金星、火星、木星、土星、甚至天王星等等太陽系內的其他行星。
重力理論所獲致的成功十分驚人，我們對它的信心大到稱之為 “定律”。據我們所知，這個定律是宇宙的基本定律之一。

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Part II
Taiwan Chatting Room
Host: Wenhung

1. Follow-ups of Dr. Lee's Speech, Refrenece

2. The Debate between "Evolution" and "Intelligent Design" in the U.S. since August 2005 Reference 1，Reference 2，Reference 3，Reference 4