Paul Malone : Talks

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'The Role of Electricity in the
Morphology of the Universe'.

'Perpetuum Mobile' exhibition. London 2008
Paul explains the plasma morphologies generated by the Terrella experiments of Kristian Birkeland from the early 1900's.

This Powerpoint talk is available for hire for 120GBP + travel (from Greenwich, London). See details below

Please e-mail pmalone@a2arts.co.uk to arrange bookings.

'The Role of Electricity in the Morphology of the Universe'.

About the Talk

Duration 1 hour including Q+A
'Image rich' Powerpoint
800 x 600 px format (or higher) - can be run from DVD disk
Includes still images, sounds and movies
No knowledge of electricity or astronomy needed by audience
120GBP + travel (from Greenwich, London). You must supply the computer, computer projector + screen.

This talk follows contemporary speculations into the role that electric flows play in forming the objects that we see in modern astronomy. This is otherwise known as 'Electric Universe' theory or 'Plasma Cosmology'. It draws from publications by members of the IEEE and others and traces the history of the study of electricity in Space from Birkeland through Langmuir and Jeugens to today's advocates.

It acknowledges that these views represent a departure from the 'Standard Model' of the Universe but recognises the aspiration of its adherents to re-position astronomy on a more empirical and pragmatic footing. In EU theory most of the objects we see in Space have direct counterparts in the laboratory, common industrial processes and the domestic kitchen.

Topics covered in this talk :

The basic elements of electricity - the filamentary state - Birkeland currents
Birkeland's Terrella in action
Langmuir sheaths and electric waterfalls
Formation of Stars - bi-polar nebulae - Herbig-Haro objects
Stars as anodes in a galactic circuit (with reference to an amended HR diagram)
The Sun's photosphere as the bottom of an electric phenomenon
Planets as recipients of electric currents (atmospheres, surface features, etc.)
Comets as extreme examples of electric discharge
Galactic morphologies as simple Faraday motors
Collimated jets and plasmoids
Large Scale structure of the Universe

Example of images accompanying this talk (not in order) :

Please e-mail Paul Malone for further details and to arrange bookings.