ESP Biography
DANIEL KANE, ESP Teacher
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Major: Mathematics College: I'm a postdoc at Stanford Year of Graduation: Not available. |
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Brief Biographical Sketch:
Not Available. Past Classes(Look at the class archive for more.)Introduction to Interstellar war in Splash! Spring 2012
Defense of a gravity well against a first strike countervalue attack by an interstellar known-physics adversary with a substellar mass economy Or, dodging rocks Analysis of methods that might be used in a real interstellar war, without unexplainable technologies such as faster than light travel and energy shields. Topics include relativistic bombardment, singularities, Von Neumann devices, innocuous antimatter weapons
Introduction to Interstellar Empires in Splash! Spring 2012
We discuss models for interstellar empires compatible with known physics. In particular we discuss methods of dealing with the difficulties of interstellar transport and communication. Topics include: interstellar colonization, ramscoops, stellar mining, tame von Neumann machines, and ballistic dyson spheres.
Introduction to Interstellar Warfare in Splash! Fall 2011
Full title: "Defense of a gravity well against a first-strike counter-value attack by a known-physics adversary with a sub stellar mass economy, or dodging rocks". Class will cover possible techniques for interstellar war using known physics. Topics include lasers, kinetic bombardment, armor, nanites, black holes and more.
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