Special relativity

The mathematician that i pick was Albert Einstein March 14, 1879- April 18, 1955 . He was a very smart and intelligent man who had many great ideas that has had an impact on the world today. The reason i picked him is because although he had a slight disability, he was still very successful in life and was one of the most known people from the past. Not only was he wise in math, but he was also very wise in mathematics. Albert Einstein had a very different but unique personality and way of doing…

2. Explain and critically evaluate Zimmerman’s response to relativity-based arguments against presentism. Optional: compare and contrast Zimmerman’s response with Markosian’s response. Zimmerman defends the A-theory of time against allegations of B-theorists that it is in conflict with the Special Theory of Relativity (STR) and the General Theory of Relativity (GTR). He agrees that if there is conflict between the two, then it does indeed cause trouble for the A-theory. The B-Theory of time,…

“Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.” Albert Einstein, a specialist on developing general theories and determined scientist. This quote connects to a time in my life when I was eight years old and I found something that I really loved. But it appeared extremely hard. It was to become an artist and I had big dreams of becoming fantastic at my new hobby of art, but how would I be as good as my role model, Lainey?…

James Chadwick, 82, of Bollington, England, passed away on July 24 while living in Cambridge, England. He died in his sleep of an unknown cause. Chadwick was a very important figure in history, having discovered the neutron in 1932. Chadwick was the son of John Joseph Chadwick, a railway storekeeper, and Anne Mary Knowles, a domestic servant. At a young age of 11, Chadwick won an entry to grammar school. He had two brothers, Hubert and Harry Knowles, along with two twin daughters whom he left…

Fact Sheet for Famous Physicist Name of Physicist: Daniel Bernoulli Date of Birth: February 8, 1700 Date of Death: March 17, 1782 Nationality: Swiss Description of Childhood Upbringing/Early Years: Daniel came from a notable family, known for being physicists. His parents were Johann Bernoulli and Dorothea Falkner. His father was a doctor and well-known mathematician. He was called the “Archimedes of his age”. Education: Taught by his more caring older brother,…

Mallory James Lynette Burdick CHM 130 11 November 2015 Fritz Haber: For Better and For Worse Fritz Haber, a scientist not well-known to many, has played an immense role for our world today. This paper will describe him, his contributions to the chemistry field, the hardships he had to go through during his career as a chemist and the contradictions of his inventions. Fritz Haber was born into one of the oldest families of Breslau, Germany (now part of Poland) on December 9, 1868. Sadly, his…

Doppler effect, the waves will be compressed and the interval between them will be smaller”(119 Isaacson). Explanations like these allows the reader to get a better grasp of the enormous effect Einstein had on science, especially in the realm of relativity. Isaacsons story inspires the readers to question all things. Einstein's story shows how questioning the big, and even little things in society can lead people to greatness. Therefore, Walter Isaacson's recount of Albert Einstein's life was an…

The speed of light is the ultimate speed limit in the universe. Which travels at 3.0 x 108 m/s in a vacuum and always moves in a straight line. When light travels to a new medium its speed and direction will change, this is called refraction. Materials have different optical density so light rays travel at different velocities. Refractive index is the ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum to the speed of light in a medium. Calculated by the velocity of light in vacuum divided by velocity in a…

Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann was born in Breselenz, a village close to Dannenberg in the Kingdom of Hanover, which is now mostly known as Federal Republic of Germany. His father, Friedrich Bernhard Riemann, was a poor Lutheran Minister in Breselenz who took part in the Napoleonic Wars and finally settled as a pastor in Quickborn. On the other hand, his mother, Charlotte Ebell, unfortunately died before her children had reached adulthood. Riemann was second among his 6 brothers and sisters,…

1 The Nature All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child. – Marie Curie (1867-1934), the Polish-French physicist chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry. All that is beautiful, delightful and affable in this world, the silence of the night, the loveliness of the morning, the beauty of the day, the melody of the breeze, the fragrances of the flower, the precious…