June 24, 2013 David Latchman 3Comment

Season 01, Episode 02: “The Big Bran Hypothesis” Sheldon and Leonard contemplate using the stairs as an inclined plane to move Penny’s furniture to her apartment. In Season 1 Episode 2 of The Big Bang Theory, “The Big Bran Hypothesis”, Penny (Kaley Cuoco) asks Leonard (Johnny Galecki) to sign for a furniture delivery if she isn’t home. Unfortunately for Leonard and Sheldon, they are left with the task of getting a huge (and heavy) box up to Penny’s apartment. To solve this problem, Leonard suggest using the stairs as an inclined plane, one of the six…

June 10, 2013 David Latchman 1Comment

Season 02, Episode 04: “The Griffin Equivalency” Rajesh Koothrappali (Kunal Nayyar) looks pleased as he talks about his inclusion into People magazine’s “30 Under 30 to watch” list for his discovery of the fictional trans-Neptunian object, 2008 NQ17 which exists beyond the Kuiper belt In “The Griffin Equivalency” episode of The Big Bang Theory, Raj (Kunal Nayyar) announces that he has been chosen as one of People Magazine’s “30 visionaries under 30 years to watch” list for his discovery of the trans-Neptunian object 2008 NQ17. This fictional astronomical body exists just beyond the Kuiper Belt, a…

June 8, 2013 David Latchman

Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 5: “The Euclid Alternative”In the opening scene of the “The Euclid Alternative”, we see Sheldon (Jim Parsons) demanding that Leonard (Johnny Galecki)needs to drive him around to run various errands. Leonard, after spending a night in the lab using the new Free Electron Laser to perform X-ray diffraction experiments. In the background, we can see equations that describe a rolling ball problem on the whiteboard in the background. Scene with Sheldon Cooper. The background shows a whiteboard with the physics equations of a rolling ball. Rolling motion plays an important…