Happy Birthday, Relativity!
Saturday June 30, 2007
On June 30, 1905, Albert Einstein published a paper in the scientific journal Annalen der Physik, "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies." This paper is the foundation of Einstein's ... Read More
Lasers on the Moon? - and other NASA Science Projects
Tuesday June 26, 2007
It sounds like a plan by Dr. Evil: place a giant "laser" on the moon. But instead of destroying the world with "boiling hot magma," this laser would help ... Read More
This Week in Physics History: June 25 - July 1
Monday June 25, 2007
June 26, 1824 - British mathematician, engineer, and physicist William Thomas, 1st Baron Kelvin ("Lord Kelvin"), was born. He did much work in electricity and thermodynamics, devising a scale ... Read More
Black Hole Controversy
Tuesday June 19, 2007
One long-standing question regarding black holes is concern over the information lost when matter is pulled inside the event horizon. According to quantum mechanics, no information should be lost, ... Read More
This Week in Physics History: June 18 - 24
Monday June 18, 2007
June 21, 1781 - French mathematician and physicist Simeon-Denis Poisson is born. Poissons mathematical achievements were instrumental in the development of the mathematics related to electromagnetic field equations by ... Read More
Plasma Rocket Passes Test With Flying Colors
Friday June 15, 2007
A new plasma rocket has been tested by the Ad Astra Rocket Company (a Costa Rican & USA based company). The engine strips electrons from hydrogen atoms and uses ... Read More
This Week in Physics History: June 11 - 17
Monday June 11, 2007
June 14, 1736 - French physicist Charles Augustin de Coulomb is born. Coulomb's best known for discovery of Coulomb's law, defining the force of electrostatic attraction and repulsion. ... Read More
Book Review: The Physics of Christianity by Frank J. Tipler
Monday June 11, 2007
I've reviewed books for several years, even before coming to work at About Physics, and I can honestly say that The Physics of Christianity by Frank J. Tipler, Tulane University ... Read More
Development of Molecular Holograms
Sunday June 10, 2007
Since the discovery of holography, there has been a problem with a "double image" coming up in the resulting film. New research indicates that it might be possible to ... Read More
Book Review: Brainteaser Physics
Wednesday June 6, 2007
I get a lot of books to review and many of them take quite some time to get through and, honestly, become something of a chore even if well written. ... Read More
Large Hadron Collider delayed again!
Tuesday June 5, 2007
Many physicists are eagerly waiting ... and waiting ... and waiting ... for CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to go online to become the world's most powerful particle accelerator. ... Read More
This Week in Physics History: June 4 - 10
Monday June 4, 2007
June 4, 780 B.C. - The first recorded solar eclipse is observed in China.
June 4, 1783 - The Montgolfier brothers give the first public demonstration of their hot air balloon, ... Read More