54: Science - Revision history

FaviFake at 11:34, 25 April 2025

2025-04-25T11:34:42Z

FaviFake at 16:11, 26 March 2025

2025-03-26T16:11:14Z

FaviFake: /* Trivia */

2025-02-23T09:35:22Z

‎Trivia

172.71.215.180 at 03:23, 21 December 2024

2024-12-21T03:23:57Z

Kynde: /* Trivia */

2024-07-07T10:28:32Z

‎Trivia

172.71.130.151: /* Explanation */ missing 'i'

2023-12-26T16:28:45Z

‎Explanation: missing 'i'

FaviFake at 13:00, 31 August 2023

2023-08-31T13:00:17Z

FaviFake at 13:00, 31 August 2023

2023-08-31T13:00:06Z

FaviFake: Moved the original title and caption (and added Wayback Machine links) from the trivia to the comic template because they are relevant to understanding the comic

2023-08-20T09:08:47Z

Moved the original title and caption (and added Wayback Machine links) from the trivia to the comic template because they are relevant to understanding the comic

172.70.85.19: /* T-shirt explanation */ I want to make the point that "T-shirt" ought to be more correct than "t-shirt" because the alternate form makes less sense than the one that actually describes its shape. Reference: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/T-shirt#English

2023-08-04T14:58:20Z

‎T-shirt explanation: I want to make the point that "T-shirt" ought to be more correct than "t-shirt" because the alternate form makes less sense than the one that actually describes its shape. Reference: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/T-shirt#English

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 {{comic
 | number    = 54
-| date      = January 18, 2006  <!-- The comic was released seven days earlier on LiveJournal than on xkcd.com (25/1 2006). We use the earliest possible day-->
+| date      = January 18, 2006<!-- The comic was released seven days earlier on LiveJournal than on xkcd.com (25/1 2006). We use the earliest possible day-->
 | title     = Science
-| before    = <big><big><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=11%3A04%20pm-,Science,-Bonus%20points%20if LiveJournal title</span>]: '''Science'''</big></big>
+| ognumber  = 48
 | image     = science.jpg
-| titletext = Bonus points if you can identify the science in question<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=11%3A04%20pm-,Science,-Bonus%20points%20if LiveJournal caption</span>]: Bonus points if you can identify the science in question.
+| titletext = Bonus points if you can identify the science in question<br><br>''<span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=11%3A04%20pm-,Science,-Bonus%20points%20if Caption on LiveJournal</span>]:'' Bonus points if you can identify the science in question.
 }}
-This was the forty-eighth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[50: Penny Arcade]], and the next one was [[51: Malaria]]. It was among the [[:Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd.com|last eleven comics]] posted both on LiveJournal and on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] after the new site was launched. This comic wasn't published on the same day across both sites, but most of them shared the same posting day. It was released on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] on January 25, 2006, seven days after originally being posted on LiveJournal. See the [[#Trivia|trivia section]] below.
+This was the forty-eighth comic [[LiveJournal|originally posted to LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[50: Penny Arcade]], and the next one was [[51: Malaria]]. It was among the [[:Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd.com|last eleven comics]] posted both on LiveJournal and on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] after the new site was launched. This comic wasn't published on the same day across both sites, but most of them shared the same posting day. It was released on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] on January 25, 2006, seven days after originally being posted on LiveJournal. See the [[#Trivia|trivia section]] below.
 ==Explanation==

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 }}
 This was the forty-eighth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[50: Penny Arcade]], and the next one was [[51: Malaria]]. It was among the [[:Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd.com|last eleven comics]] posted both on LiveJournal and on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] after the new site was launched. This comic wasn't published on the same day across both sites, but most of them shared the same posting day. It was released on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] on January 25, 2006, seven days after originally being posted on LiveJournal. See the [[#Trivia|trivia section]] below.
 The solid line represents the theoretical {{w|blackbody radiation|radiation for a blackbody}} at 2.73&nbsp;K according to {{w|Planck's Law}} (derived as early as 1900 by {{w|Max Planck}}). The formula, almost as written in the graph, can be found {{w|Black-body radiation#Planck's law of black-body radiation|here}}. The only changes are that on Wikipedia, the frequency ''f'' is represented by the Greek letter ''ν'' (nu) and the temperature ''T'' is included as an independent variable, so ''I''(''f'') becomes ''I''(''v'',''T''). However, ''I''(''v'',''T'') still represents the {{w|Radiance#Spectral radiance|spectral radiance}} (similar to energy density). In this formula, ''h'' is the Planck constant, ''c'' is the speed of light in a vacuum, and ''k'' is the Boltzmann constant. The frequency (''f'' or ''v'') along the ''x''-axis is measured in {{w|gigahertz}}. The curve peaks at 160.4&nbsp;GHz. There is no scale or unit on the {{w|energy density}} on the ''y''-axis.

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 * For unknown reasons, on January 18, 2006, this comic was posted on LiveJournal on the same day that [[51: Malaria]] was released on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com]. Three days later, on January 21, 2006, [[51: Malaria]] was posted on LiveJournal, thus forcing the next two comics ([[52: Secret Worlds]] and [[53: Hobby]]) to be released on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] two days before LiveJournal. Four days later, on January 25, 2006, this comic was finally posted on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com], which fixed the date discrepancies and allowed the next comic, [[55: Useless]], to be published on the same day across both sites.
 * This comic used to be available as a T-shirt at the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140327062518/http://store.xkcd.com/products/science-works xkcd store].
-*According to this article: [https://www.theverge.com/2013/4/2/4173576/richard-dawkins-on-science-it-works-bitches Richard Dawkins on science: 'it works, bitches'], {{w|Richard Dawkins}} actually referenced this comic, when he added "bitches" to the end of sentence stating that Science works at a debate in 2013.
+*According to this article: [https://www.theverge.com/2013/4/2/4173576/richard-dawkins-on-science-it-works-bitches Richard Dawkins on science: 'it works, bitches'], {{w|Richard Dawkins}} actually referenced this comic, when he added "bitches" to the end of sentence stating that Science works at a debate in 2013. You can hear it in this YouTube clip: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj3rAJUVrGQ Richard Dawkins - "Science. It works, Bitches."]
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 * For unknown reasons, on January 18, 2006, this comic was posted on LiveJournal on the same day that [[51: Malaria]] was released on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com]. Three days later, on January 21, 2006, [[51: Malaria]] was posted on LiveJournal, thus forcing the next two comics ([[52: Secret Worlds]] and [[53: Hobby]]) to be released on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] two days before LiveJournal. Four days later, on January 25, 2006, this comic was finally posted on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com], which fixed the date discrepancies and allowed the next comic, [[55: Useless]], to be published on the same day across both sites.
 * This comic used to be available as a T-shirt at the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140327062518/http://store.xkcd.com/products/science-works xkcd store].
 {{comic discussion}}

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 ==Explanation==
-This was the forty-eighth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[50: Penny Arcade]], and the next one was [[51: Malaria]]. It was among the [[:Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd|last eleven comics]] posted both on LiveJournal and on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] after the new site was launched. This comic wasn't published on the same day across both sites, but most of them shared the same posting day. It was released on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] on January 25, 2006, seven days after originally being posted on LiveJournal. See the [[#Trivia|triva section]] below.
+This was the forty-eighth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[50: Penny Arcade]], and the next one was [[51: Malaria]]. It was among the [[:Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd.com|last eleven comics]] posted both on LiveJournal and on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] after the new site was launched. This comic wasn't published on the same day across both sites, but most of them shared the same posting day. It was released on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] on January 25, 2006, seven days after originally being posted on LiveJournal. See the [[#Trivia|triva section]] below.
 The solid line represents the theoretical {{w|blackbody radiation|radiation for a blackbody}} at 2.73&nbsp;K according to {{w|Planck's Law}} (derived as early as 1900 by {{w|Max Planck}}). The formula, almost as written in the graph, can be found {{w|Black-body radiation#Planck's law of black-body radiation|here}}. The only changes are that on Wikipedia, the frequency ''f'' is represented by the Greek letter ''ν'' (nu) and the temperature ''T'' is included as an independent variable, so ''I''(''f'') becomes ''I''(''v'',''T''). However, ''I''(''v'',''T'') still represents the {{w|Radiance#Spectral radiance|spectral radiance}} (similar to energy density). In this formula, ''h'' is the Planck constant, ''c'' is the speed of light in a vacuum, and ''k'' is the Boltzmann constant. The frequency (''f'' or ''v'') along the ''x''-axis is measured in {{w|gigahertz}}. The curve peaks at 160.4&nbsp;GHz. There is no scale or unit on the {{w|energy density}} on the ''y''-axis.

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-[[Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd]]
+[[Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd.com]]
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 [[Category:Analysis]]

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 {{comic
 | number    = 54
-| date      = January 18, 2006
+| date      = January 18, 2006  <!-- The comic was released seven days earlier on LiveJournal than on xkcd.com (25/1 2006). We use the earliest possible day-->
 | title     = Science
 | image     = science.jpg
-| titletext = Bonus points if you can identify the science in question
+| titletext = Bonus points if you can identify the science in question<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=11%3A04%20pm-,Science,-Bonus%20points%20if LiveJournal caption</span>]: Bonus points if you can identify the science in question.
 }}
 ==Explanation==
 The solid line represents the theoretical {{w|blackbody radiation|radiation for a blackbody}} at 2.73&nbsp;K according to {{w|Planck's Law}} (derived as early as 1900 by {{w|Max Planck}}). The formula, almost as written in the graph, can be found {{w|Black-body radiation#Planck's law of black-body radiation|here}}. The only changes are that on Wikipedia, the frequency ''f'' is represented by the Greek letter ''ν'' (nu) and the temperature ''T'' is included as an independent variable, so ''I''(''f'') becomes ''I''(''v'',''T''). However, ''I''(''v'',''T'') still represents the {{w|Radiance#Spectral radiance|spectral radiance}} (similar to energy density). In this formula, ''h'' is the Planck constant, ''c'' is the speed of light in a vacuum, and ''k'' is the Boltzmann constant. The frequency (''f'' or ''v'') along the ''x''-axis is measured in {{w|gigahertz}}. The curve peaks at 160.4&nbsp;GHz. There is no scale or unit on the {{w|energy density}} on the ''y''-axis.
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 ===T-shirt explanation===
-This comic was made into a T-shirt but is no longer available.
+This comic was made into a T-shirt but is no longer available. On the xkcd store, there was an explanation both for the title and for the graph in the comic:
 <!-- DO NOT CORRECT This is a copy paste from xkcd with errors.-->
-On the xkcd store, there was both an '''explanation for the title''':
+{{Quote|Science: We finally figured out that you could separate fact from superstition by a completely radical method: observation. You can try things, measure them, and see how they work! Bitches.|[https://web.archive.org/web/20140327062518/http://store.xkcd.com/products/science-works xkcd store]}}
-<!-- Begin Quote DO NOT CORRECT This is a copy paste from xkcd with errors.-->
+<!-- DO NOT CORRECT -->
- Science: We finally figured out that you could separate fact from superstition by a completely radical method: observation. You can try things, measure them, and see how they work! {{w|Bitch (insult)|Bitches}}.
+<!-- DO NOT CORRECT This is a copy paste from xkcd with errors.-->
-<!-- End Quote DO NOT CORRECT -->
+{{Quote|The babydoll shirt is a slightly lighter green. The graph on the back of the shirt is data from the<!-- DO NOT CORRECT SPACING OR LINK This is a copy paste from xkcd with errors.-->[http://<!-- DO NOT CORRECT SPACING OR LINK This is a copy paste from xkcd with errors.-->en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COBE COBE mission]<!-- DO NOT CORRECT SPACING OR LINK This is a copy paste from xkcd with errors.--> which looked at the background microwave glow of the universe and found that it fit perfectly with the idea that the universe used to be really hot everywhere. This strongly reinforced the Big Bang theory and was one of the most dramatic examples of an experiment agreeing with a theory in history -- the data points fit perfectly, with error bars too small to draw on the graph. It's one of the most triumphant scientific results in history.|[https://web.archive.org/web/20140327062518/http://store.xkcd.com/products/science-works xkcd store]}}
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 ==Transcript==
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 ==Trivia==
-* This was the forty-eighth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[50: Penny Arcade]], and the next one was [[51: Malaria]].
+* For unknown reasons, on January 18, 2006, this comic was posted on LiveJournal on the same day that [[51: Malaria]] was released on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com]. Three days later, on January 21, 2006, [[51: Malaria]] was posted on LiveJournal, thus forcing the next two comics ([[52: Secret Worlds]] and [[53: Hobby]]) to be released on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] two days before LiveJournal. Four days later, on January 25, 2006, this comic was finally posted on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com], which fixed the date discrepancies and allowed the next comic, [[55: Useless]], to be published on the same day across both sites.
-* Original [[Randall]] quote: "Bonus points if you can identify the science in question."
+* This comic used to be available as a T-shirt at the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140327062518/http://store.xkcd.com/products/science-works xkcd store].
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