Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Synchronized Chaos

How Physics works, it's not always what the psuedo science assumes.




Two metronomes are placed on a common base. The metronome on the left is set at 192 beats per minute. The one on the right is set at a slightly lower rate. The metronome pendulums are initially out-of-phase. The two pendulums oscilate in phase due to conservation of momentum and coupling via the base. A true physics masterpiece!

And then there is five:




Huygen's pendulums: weak linkages can eventually synchronize all four


Now apply weak linkages and couplings to climate, what drives what follows.

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