The Ave Herald (Community Newspaper) is headlining Shroud of Turin Talk by Barrie Schortz (sic):
Barrie Schortz (sic), the documenting photographer for the only in-depth scientific examination of the Shroud of Turin, which took place in 1978, will speak about the Shroud Friday, March 7, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the AMU academic building. He’s also talk Saturday, March 8, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Agnes Church. The talks are free and open to the public.
Mr. Schortz (sic), who now directs the Shroud of Turin Education and Research Association and operates the website www.shroud.com, enthralled those who attended his last talk at Ave Maria University five years ago. That talk was covered by The Ave Herald and a story is available here: The Shroud of Turin Brought Back His Faith.
According to Wikipedia:
Ave Maria University (AMU) is a private Catholic university in Southwest Florida, United States, founded in 2003. The university moved to its permanent campus, situated in the planned town of Ave Maria, 17 miles (27 km) east of Naples, Florida, in August 2007. Ave Maria University shares its history with the former Ave Maria College in Ypsilanti, Michigan, which was founded in 1998 and closed in 2007.[1]
Tom Monaghan, Ave Maria’s founder, has been criticized in the press for proposing that contraceptives, abortion, and pornography be banned from the university and the town itself.[2] In 2007, Monaghan drew criticism from Catholics both inside and outside the university when he removed theologian Joseph Fessio asprovost.
The current enrollment of Ave Maria University is 1,200 students . , ,
Have you seen “Particle Fever” ? I have read that :
This
>Mark Levinson’s mind-blowing new documentary must grapple with some issues of scale.
So …
It’s an interesting movie …
>about the largest imaginable subject: the structure of the cosmos. It tells the story of an enormous project, involving decades of labor, hundreds of millions of dollars and miles of Swiss real estate, devoted to finding something almost immeasurably small: the Higgs boson, a subatomic morsel believed by physicists to hold the key to understanding the universe …
We have to try to be able to work using AFM controls on cellulosic chains and AFM measurements of elastic modulus (with feeble forces … perhaps … also less than 20 nN, roughly ten times the force needed to break a single atomic bond !) …
After 15 – 16 year there are not these answers (… but I have not yet read the new book by Giulio Fanti …) !
I beg pardon about my technical (and vague) remark on “nanoscale mechanical properties and AFM controls” …
and then
I am curious about the discussions in that private Catholic university …
I hope to read some future reaction …
Here the possible differences (“Particle Fever” versus “Turin Shroud research”) :
– Physicists are on the cusp of the greatest scientific discovery of all time — or perhaps their greatest failure …
Then … is it possible to write :
– Christians are on the cusp of the greatest scientific discovery of all time — or perhaps their greatest failure ???
Sorry …
But I am bittered about the fact that we are not yet able to do the AFM controls …
One of reasons seems to be the fact that :
The Shroud seems to be less important than other questions …
Why ?
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I have read that :
“Particle Fever” is a fascinating movie about science, and an exciting, revealing and sometimes poignant movie about scientists …
So …
Until now we have not seen yet a “similar movie” on SPM laboratories
(with the controls on linen fibrils coming from the Holy Shroud
… and inherent researches) …
The film (on new Shroud research) can be “a tribute to the creativity and curiosity that drive scientific research” …
Do you agree ?
I beg your pardon about my errors …
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I want to add a remark about another information :
AFM is a powerful tool for investigating linen fibrils.
And the acquisition of high-speed AFM images permits to see the AFM movie …
Using the adequate AFM instrument (the high-speed AFM), we can conduct structural studies on linen fibrils.
Mechanical behavior of ancient linen fibrils is an interesting question to investigate. Do you agree ?
… But, until now we have not yet seen an interesting AFM movie on linen fibrils (and their behavior under load) …
There is the useful textbook by Alberto Carpinteri
(Department of Structural Engineering Politecnico di Torino) :
“Structural Mechanics. A Unified Approach”
E & FN SPON, first edition : 1997.
Then I believe that (at least) we have to read this textbook …
when we want to speak about bending tests, etc.
Do you agree ?
Saturday I have bought the book by Fanti and Malfi …
Here the italian title :
“Sindone. Primo secolo dopo Cristo !”
I hope you are able to translate the title …
The content of that new book is very interesting and
I hope you have the possibility to read the text in future …
I was curious about the numismatic investigations and I have found several images of ancient coins …
B.T.W. :
Do you know Hyperpyron and Tremissis ?
Links :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperpyron
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremissis
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/433682639087675614/