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IRrelevant Astronomy
''IRrelevant Astronomy'' is a web series produced by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Each episode explains a general science concept or reveals science news relevant to Spitzer. The "IR" in the title stands for "infrared", making the title refer to "infrared-relevant astronomy." The first episode launched on January 15, 2008, on the Spitzer Space Telescope website. Cast and guest stars *Sean Astin appears in the episode "Part Two" as a scientist struggling to save the Spitzer Space Telescope. He also provides the voice of a badly-edited audiobook in the episode "Behind the Scenes: When Galaxies Collide", and appears as a fictional version of himself in "Behind the Scenes: Dead Stars". *Veronica Belmont appears in "Astronomy Anemone" and is consumed by her love of space science. *Felicia Day appears as a fictional version of herself in the comedic "Behind the Scenes: When Galaxies Collide". * Cameron Diaz appears in the episode "RATS In Progress: The Mass of Asteroids". *Mark Ham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IRrelevant Astronomy Fusion Vs
Relevance is the concept of one topic being connected to another topic in a way that makes it useful to consider the second topic when considering the first. The concept of relevance is studied in many different fields, including cognitive sciences, logic, and library and information science. Most fundamentally, however, it is studied in epistemology (the theory of knowledge). Different theories of knowledge have different implications for what is considered relevant and these fundamental views have implications for all other fields as well. Definition "Something (A) is relevant to a task (T) if it increases the likelihood of accomplishing the goal (G), which is implied by T." (Hjørland & Sejer Christensen, 2002). A thing might be relevant, a document or a piece of information may be relevant. The basic understanding of relevance does not depend on whether we speak of "things" or "information". For example, the Gandhian principles are of great relevance in today's world. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
