Friday Musical Selection - French Forms

Haven't done one of these for awhile - all French stuff

Dmitri From Paris - Sacré Français! (1997)

MC Solaar - Paris Samba

Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot -  Bonnie and Clyde

Vanessa Paradis -Joe Le Taxi

France Gall - Ella, elle l'a

Vive La France! Enjoy

Bits and Bobs

What a damn blustery day again. At least it was dry. Sales of the books in Faversham was disappointing but it all helps. Did all my visits today, including a cafe visit at a supermarket on the Isle Of Sheppey. I had a jacket potato stuffed with cheese and a coffee.

Picked up a small LED mini lamp for a quid in Poundworld in Chatham. It is one of these you can attach to a book or your laptop without disturbing others at nighttime.

Florence , the cat, sat on my ;a[ last night whilst i was catching up with Charmed.

Had my first Xmas card from abroad from one of my LJ friends.

So now i am back at home listening to some music through the headphones. A full box set of the music of Sibelius that my brother gave me. It includes all his tone poems and other orchestral pieces across four CD's.

Scotland's Einstein

Just watched a BBC TB prog on the genius that was James Clerk Maxwell, a scientist who should be known better than he is. It was he who realized that electricity and magnetism were two parts of just one force, the electromagnetic force and that these forces are waves that eminate all of space.

"James Clerk Maxwell: The Man Who Made the Modern World
Professor Iain Stewart reveals the story behind the Scottish physicist who was Einstein's hero; James Clerk Maxwell. Maxwell's discoveries not only inspired Einstein, but they helped shape our modern world - allowing the development of radio, TV, mobile phones and much more.
Despite this, he is largely unknown in his native land of Scotland. On the 150th anniversary of Maxwell's great equations, scientist Iain Stewart sets out to change that, and to celebrate the life, work and legacy of the man dubbed "Scotland's Forgotten Einstein".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06rd56j/james-clerk-maxwell-the-man-who-made-the-modern-world



Maxwell–Faraday equation - integral equation




and the differential equation.

Meaning - The voltage accumulated around a closed circuit is proportional to the time rate of change of the magnetic flux it encloses.