Condensed matter physics

Eureka! Do you remember that pleasant feeling when a brilliant idea flashed into your head? Over 2000 years ago in ancient Greece, a physicist Archimedes was trying to solve a problem of physics. One day, while taking a bath, he suddenly got an inspiration, and discovered a breakthrough principle. He got so excited about this discovery that he leapt out the bathtub, ran through the streets without his clothes, and cried out, "Eureka!”: in English, “I’ve found it!”, the word to express our…

not only about physics, but also in support of disarming nations; on the evils of the military; and on his fears for his homeland” (Fox & Keck, 2004, p. 122). Along with Marie Curie, he supported the foundation of the League of Nations fashioned to keep the world at peace (Fox & Keck, 2004, p. 200). Although, Einstein’s politically active stance was applauded by many, he has been criticized by some (Pais, 2005, p. 320) for the lessening of his creative powers in the field of physics as a cost of…

must be intelligent and have a background that allowed them to grow and prosper in physics (Latil 113). The man with this honor is Enrico Fermi and without him, who knows what would have happened in World War II. Enrico Fermi had multiple experiences and obstacles in his life, but all of the experiences and obstacles, from childhood to adulthood in Italy and America, allowed him to successfully advance theoretical physics to another level that no other Italian physicist would have been able to…

In this big gigantic world of ours, math is everywhere. It surrounds us. Whether you like it or not, math actually makes our world very functional place. Without it, it would probably be very chaotic. It helps us when we’re dealing with money, school, and work and just about anything that you can think of. But who came up with this “math” thing? Lots of people helped contribute to the discovery of it. It wasn’t just one person. Like Isaac Newton, a very influential scientist, and indeed…

Eugenia Cox gave birth to Elbert Frank Cox. Growing up as the oldest of three brothers, Cox took on his father’s love for education as he was the principal of a local elementary school. When Elbert attended High school he showed an unusual ability in physics as well as mathematics and was immediately appointed to Indiana University. During his studies at Indiana he joined the Kappa Alpha Phi fraternity and was elected to undergraduate offices. After Graduating in 1917, Cox Enrolled as a private…

The firewall would immediately incinerate anything encountering its threshold, which paradoxically violates the no drama principle. To resolve the firewall paradox, one of three fundamental postulates of modern physics must be sacrificed: Einstein’s equivalence principle, which institutes the no drama principle; unitarity, which says that information cannot be lost; or locality, which says that an object can only be influenced directly. A resolution to this paradox…

It is not contested that William Harvey had an extraordinary mind; he was possibly one of the most highly recognized intellectuals of his time. From the time of his birth on April first, 1578 until his death in 1657, William Harvey labored indefatigably attempting to disprove the biological concepts of the time period. He was successful in his attempts as he did not solely disprove many of Galen’s theories, but also introduced many new concepts to the scientific community (Ribatti). William…

Pangea! It was the supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago. According to Alfred Wegener’s theory, long before us humans existed all of the continents used to be one large landmass. Who is Alfred Wegener you might ask? Alfred Wegener was a German polar researcher, geophysicist, and meteorologist born in Berlin on November 1, 1880. I chose to research about Alfred Wegener’s life and his struggles because we are currently focusing on the continental drift theory in science class. He…

Albert Einstein designed his own laws of nature. He changed the way we use to see light, gravity, and time. Most scientists in our day in age agree with what Albert Einstein has declared, but some scientists seemed to not understand what he was saying. Albert Einstein gave scientists the ability to know that atoms and molecules exist through Brownian motion. Albert was one who experimented the photoelectric effect in which he established that light has both a wave and a particle. Light particles…

Although he is credited with many scientific discoveries, Cavendish formally published only a few of his experiments. Most of his scientific work remained unknown until after his death in 1810. Through his personal manuscripts, breakthroughs in physics and chemistry were accomplished which are now the basis for today’s scientific research and development. The Life of Henry Cavendish…