Introductory physics

Best phrased by surgeon, author, and inventor Leonard Shlain in his book, Art & Physics, “Revolutionary art and visionary physics are both investigations into the nature of reality.” However dissimilar Vincent van Gough’s Starry Night may seem from Isaac Newton’s second law of motion, according to Shlain, this is what fundamentally unifies the two subjects. Physics is the study of the natural world, while art is the representation of it. Art has been part of our culture longer than any of the…

Ben Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706. Ben had 16 brothers and sisters. Ben wanted to write for the paper with his brother, he was very successful with his job. Ben decided to turn to science and become an inventor. He invented the heat efficient stove. It was used to heat up houses. The stove helped improve society. Ben franklin also was the first person to invent the swim fins. Ben loved to swim and he wanted to find a way to make it easier to swim. First he invented wooden…

Frederick Sanger was born to Cicely Sanger and Frederick Sanger on August 13, 1918 in Rendcomb, England. At age 18 Sanger went against his family and decided to become a scientist instead of a doctor like his father (Jeffers, 2017). He attended St. John’s College in Cambridge and majored in biochemistry. After he graduated he married Margaret Joan Howe at age 22 and had three children with her. He later came back and worked with Albert Neuberger in order to study the metabolism of…

Often described as being “one of the greatest names in the history of human thought,” Sir Isaac Newton was an English astronomer, scientist, and mathematician (Domski 1). His discoveries dealing with optics, gravity, and math greatly influenced the world and the effects are lasting still today. Sir Isaac Newton, though widely remembered for his mathematics and scientific accomplishments, was a man of God, whose faith can clearly be seen throughout his life. Newton was born on Christmas day in…

1.a What is science? Science. What is it, and why exactly is it important? Well, sit back, and let me explain. Once upon a time, a guy named Isaac Newton, was sitting underneath an apple tree reading some book that he must have found amusing, when suddenly – an apple falls down, and hits his head. This made Isaac think: What gave the apple the power to fall down? Why didn’t it go up, or sideways? And then he wondered: Why do I fall back down, whenever I jump? After thinking about for a couple of…

Leonhard Euler was born on 15 April 1707. In a town call Basel located in Switzerland. His father Paul Euler was a pastor of the Reformed church. Leonhard Euler had two younger sisters called Anna Maria and Maria Magdalena. Later on the Euler’s moved from basal to the town of Riehen, where Euler spent most of his child hood. Leonhard Euler formal education started in Basel where he was sent to live with maternal grandmother. When Leonhard Euler was thirteen he enrolled at the University of Basel…

one year after the founding of the USSR, George went to the University of Leningrad to study physics. He and his friends would often discuss quantum mechanics which was cutting edge science at that time and was leading to the secrets of how the atom works. George earned his PhD through his own investigations into the strange behavior of the atomic nucleus. For three years he worked at the Theoretical Physics Institute which is part of the University…

James Chadwick was a very intelligent boy, as a teenager he knew that he wanted to study physics and so he did. James Chadwick went to the University of Cambridge at the age of 17, in the year 1908. When he was 19 he was in his final year of his physics degree. James’ teacher was Ernest Rutherford another famous scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, because of his studies on disintegrating the atom. After James turned in his research paper he graduated with first class honors. For…

I found the story of John Harrison to be quite sad. He spent his lifetime trying to solve the problem of longitude only to be rejected time after again by people that most likely didn't even understand his constructions. Even after Harrison had finally finished the pocket watch that was capable of telling time more accurate than any other at its time, others were still unwilling to accept the possibility that it could solve the problem. I think that this was much more common in the past due to…

The Calculus Controversy is a very famous argument among many mathematicians. This argument consists of one simple question: who invented calculus? Many mathematicians argue Isaac Newton invented calculus; others say it was Gottfried Leibniz. Let’s start with Isaac Newton. Isaac Newton attended the University of Cambridge. In 1666 he was sent home due to a plague, thus resulting in free time on his own. Because of this, he came up with what we know now as calculus. Newton didn’t call it…