As mentioned in a previous blog post (see Study Physics at Top Universities ... For Free!), MIT offers nearly the syllabus, lecture notes, and other materials for nearly their entire ... Read More

Recently having re-acquired cable television after a 3-year hiatus, one of the first thing that impresses me is the sheer amount of science-based programming available. Among these shows, one ... Read More

Jan. 29, 1929 - Abdus Salam, Pakistani theoretical physicist & Nobel Prize laureate, is born. Salam's 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics was largely for his work in consolidating the electromagnetic ... Read More

Recently, I received the opportunity to review a new book by Michio Kaku, Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time ... Read More

In an intriguing blog post over at OnlineSpin, businessman Max Kalehoff explores why several of his quotes indicate that Albert Einstein would have made a fine business consultant. It's ... Read More

Jan. 27, 1880 - Thomas Edison files the patent for the incandescent electric lamp. Jan. 25, 1881 - The Oriental Telephone Company is formed by Thomas Alva Edison & Alexander Graham ... Read More

The 2008 Crafoord Prize in Mathematics & Astronomy was awarded on Thursday, Jan. 17, for work in string theory. The mathematics half of the prize went to Russian mathematician ... Read More

According to a reort in New Scientist, a white dwarf star that absorbs a Jupiter-type planet during the collapse may pass through the red giant phase. Why? The ... Read More

In their new book, Endless Universe: Beyond the Big Bang theoretical physicists & cosmologists Paul J. Steinhardt & Neil Turok present a revolutionary new look at how our universe came ... Read More

Jan. 16, 1477 - Johannes Schoner is born. This German mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, cartographer, and editor worked in the years prior to Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, and even Tycho Brahe. ... Read More

A few weeks ago, while discussing the real Big Bang theory, I mentioned in passing the CBS sitcom called The Big Bang Theory. While I'm normally not a real ... Read More

Jan. 7, 1610 - Galileo Galilei first observes the four largest moons of Jupiter - Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. These moons eventually come to be called the Galilean moons. Jan. ... Read More

An intriguing article in the Washington Post came to my attention, letting me know about a phenomenon of which I had not been aware. It seems that some top ... Read More