Quantum mechanics

In Cherry Lewis’s "The Dating Game", she analyzes the autobiography of Arthur Holmes, the English geologist known for his advancements in radioactive dating and theories on the Earth and how it has aged. To put it into perspective, the book tracks how ideas vary vastly over one man’s day. Arthur Holmes was an influential pioneer in the findings and research of his theory in the mid 1800's, so Kelly depicts his views as time has passed. Through the use of literary analysis, autobiographies, and…

The definition of honorable is highest respect; esteem. I think honorable Font means that it is someone being praised or does something good. They deserve to be honored. Some accomplishments of Alfred Wegener is he proposed the theory of continental drift – the idea that Earth’s continents move. Despite publishing a large body of compelling fossil and rock evidence for his theory between 1912 and 1929, it was rejected by most other scientists. It was only in the 1960s that continental drift…

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…

The purpose of the experiment, “Charge to Mass Ratio for an Electron”, was to measure the charge-to-mass ratio (e/m) for an electron. This lab was performed to help students further understand the characteristics of an electron in regards to various things such as its magnetic field strength and velocity. By using a Daedalon (e/m) Apparatus paired with Helmholtz coils and a glass bulb filled with helium gas, students were able to observe electrons travelling in a circular path. This is due to…

James Chadwick was born October 20th, 1891 in Bollington, United Kingdom. His parents were John Chadwick and Anne Mary Knowles. He attended Manchester High School and Manchester University (James Chadwick – Biographical, Nobelprize.org). While he was at Manchester University he worked on a research project in Earnest Ruthford’s laboratory. Chadwick finished his project successfully and graduated with first class honors in physics in 1911. He continued to work in Earnest’s laboratory until in…

Dawkins decides to bring a little chemistry into this chapter. He brings up the Bohr model, he states atoms being similar to the solar system. The way electrons go around the nucleus is the same way planets orbit. Elements have the ability to be present even with a varying number of neutrons. This is to be called isotopes. His point with this is that these isotopes are very balanced while others may be not so balanced. This will then be called radioactivity. Every isotope that becomes…

My person is Leonhard Euler. He was born in Basel, Switzerland, on April 15, 1707. His parents were Paul Euler and Marguerite Brucker. Euler had 2 sisters. Later in his life, he had 13 children, with his first wife Katharina Gsell, though only 5 survived to adulthood. He had 2 spouses. Salome Abigail Gsell from 1776-1783, and Katharina Gsell from 1734-1773. Leonhard was a Swiss mathematician and physicist, which helped in him being one of the founders in pure mathematics. Euler contributed to…

Daniel Bernoulli was born on February 8th, 1700 in Groningen, Netherlands, and was known as the “Archimedes of his age”. His parents were Johann Bernoulli and Dorothea Falkner. His father was a medical doctor and a well known mathematician, and his mother was born from a wealthy family in Basel, Switzerland. Daniel had two brothers, Nicolaus and Johann (II), and also had an uncle, named Jacob Bernoulli, who was also a leading mathematician. When his uncle died, leaving the chair of mathematics…

Triangulene, a chemical similar to graphene, has long been thought to be unable to be synthesized due to its instability. A team from IBM, however, has figured out a way to create this elusive molecule. Triangulene is a flat molecule made of six carbon rings structured in the shape of a triangle. The problem with synthesizing this molecule is that it contains unpaired electrons in two of its outer carbons. These free electrons cause the molecule to oxidize almost instantly as these electrons…

Since we are on the topic of finances, there is a pertinent matter that needs to be addressed. It pertains to the sum of money that was seized from me while I was in pharmacy school. I am speaking, of course, about the additional student loan money that was taken out under my name — $3,240 worth ($4,439.48 when I graduated, due to the 7.9% interest). In addition, the entirety of my Cousins Subs money was taken (except for $1,700 for Katarina’s ring), the $2000 Grandma and Grandpa gave me for…