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Posted By:  Hossenfelder
Posted On:  Oct 7, 2008

  Noble Prize in Physics 2008

News from Stockholm : The Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Yoichiro Nambu , "for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics" and to Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa "for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the...... [view]

Posted By:  Hossenfelder
Posted On:  Oct 6, 2008

  MESSENGER at Mercury, Flyby 2

Remember MESSENGER , the spacecraft under way to Mercury? On its complicated path that will make it the first satellite to enter into an orbit around the innermost planet, MESSENGER had its second close encounter with Mercury earlier today: At 08:40 UTC, the probe rushed past the planet...... [view]

Posted By:  Hossenfelder
Posted On:  Sep 28, 2008

  The Variational Principle

Lawns in public places all suffer from the same problem: people don’t like detours. In cities throughout the world people search for the fastest route to the workplace, the shortest way to the restroom, the least pricey airline, the most convenient parking spot - depending on resources and...... [view]

Posted By:  Hossenfelder
Posted On:  Sep 26, 2008

  The Cepheid Galactic Internet

Sometimes, I like to imagine all the electromagnetic waves around me, emails and phone calls in transit carrying message of joy or anger all around the world. These days, a wireless can be found almost everywhere, all you need is a laptop with a network card - “all you need” is an incredibly...... [view]

Posted By:  Hossenfelder
Posted On:  Sep 21, 2008

  100 Years of Space-Time

Die Anschauungen über Raum und Zeit, die ich Ihnen entwickeln möchte, sind auf experimentell-physikalischem Boden erwachsen. Darin liegt ihre Stärke. Ihre Tendenz ist eine radikale. Von Stund' an sollen Raum für sich und Zeit für sich völlig zu Schatten herabsinken und nur noch eine Art...... [view]

Posted By:  Hossenfelder
Posted On:  Aug 29, 2008

  Emergent Gravity

I am on my way back from the Emergent Gravity conference at MIT , contemplating what I've heard and learned. The aim of this meeting was to bring together condensed matter physicists with those tireless seekers looking for a fundamental theory unifying classical gravity with quantum field...... [view]

Posted By:  Hossenfelder
Posted On:  Aug 15, 2008

  The Equivalence Principle

Some time in sixth grade a well-meaning librarian shoved me out of the Scifi/Horror aisle and into the dreaded youthbook (Jugendbuch) section, an act that had unintended consequences. The books in that aisle were neatly marked with dots, the more dots the higher the recommended age. I didn't...... [view]

Posted By:  Hossenfelder
Posted On:  Jul 24, 2008

  Liquid Helium

This month has seen the centenary of the first liquefaction of helium , the lightest noble gas: On July 10, 1908, a complicated apparatus working in the laboratory of Heike Kamerlingh Onnes in Leiden, Holland, managed to produce 60 ml of liquid helium, at a temperature of 4.2 Kelvin, or...... [view]

Posted By:  ibrahimjon
Posted On:  Nov 25, 2007

  Physics Applets

http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/physics/appletindex.html Created as part of the Museum Informatics Project at the University of California, Berkeley, this website serves as a clearinghouse of high-quality physics applets that can be used in a variety of settings. The site is divided into a few basic...... [view]

Posted By:  textonscreen
Posted On:  Nov 4, 2007

  Light in Heart in LightFoot - He is no Go oRdinary Don - (Gordon Lightfoot)

I wanted to share this with another language - i tried to do the best i could - however! it is a bit messy - however it can still be seen, read and heard. Whether or not the you-tube is active i am not sure until i post. i love it - so i am sharing it. and no i am not going to submit in 2...... [view]

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