Special relativity

Common Myth Paper: 10% Brain Power Myth Since the time of Einstein, people have been using the phrase, “the brain is only capable of 10% usage of its masses”(Chudler). There is not a clear explanation on where this idea originated, however, many intelligent minds contributed to the ongoing myth, including: Albert Einstein, Pierre Flourens, William James, and Karl Lashley. However, what is known is that the statement, “humans only use 10% of their brain”, is a false one. Chudler’s Research An…

Cornell University Library (2002), pp. 1. https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0007428.pdf. Accessed 28 Jan. 2017. Harrison, Edward. “Darkness at Night: A Riddle of the Universe.” Harvard University Press (2002), http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/GR/olbers.html Accessed 08 Mar.…

Scientists and astronomers are always trying to find out more and more about the outside world. The rings of Saturn are one phenomenon that astronomers are continuing to study. Just recently, it was revealed that these scientists who were studying these rings came to a few surprising theories. THEORY NUMBER 1 ON THE SATURN RINGS It has been concluded by astronomers that the more opacity that something has doesn't mean that it has more mass. They came to this conclusion while studying the rings…

Arthur found that kelvin’s assumptions were wrong about the time scale for our planet. He proved him wrong by the availability of radioactive heat. His technology he used was not very advanced but he still made incredible discoveries. he used the knowledge he gained in college. He used books and lectures to acquire knowledge. He was truly a genius to have known all the things he knew with not that advanced technology. Arthur Holmes was a geologist. He was born on January 14, 1809 and he died…

Intro The universe house's countless dangers. Some are small such as wild fires or sink holes. These natural hazards seem large to us but compered to a black hole they are extremely minute. The idea of earth being swallowed by a black hole is terrifying one. One of the things that we fear most about black holes is how little we know about them. We know that they have incredibly strong gravitational force. By the time you got anywhere near it your atoms would have been ground up and used to fuel…

In the past 15 years, astronomers have achieved leaps and bounds in terms of spotting exoplanets. It had gone from producing no results to being possible. One method, known as Transit, involves continually observing stars and noting whenever spots of it become dimmer. By calculating how much of the star’s light was dimmed, astronomers can also indicate the approximate size of the planet’s radius. It can also tell astronomers what the atmosphere of an exoplanet consists of by looking at the light…

The Life of Leonhard Euler Leonhard Euler was born on April 15, 1707, in Basel, Switzerland. He was the first of six children in a minister's family. His father, Paul Euler, a Protestant preacher, taught young Euler mathematics but wanted him to be a minister. Paul Euler married Margaret Brucker, the daughter of another Protestant minister. He had two younger sisters named Anna Maria and Maria Magdalena (newworldencyclopedia). He died on September 18, 1783 from a cerebral hemorrhage. Euler…

Dark matter is matter that cannot be directly seen because it does not interact with light. This mysterious matter makes up the majority of mass in a galaxy. Although we cannot see dark matter we know that it is out there because we can see it effecting the motion of the stars in a galaxy and gravitational lensing. The first piece of evidence for dark matter is in the way we have observed galaxies moving. You would likely expect their behavior to replicate that of the Sun and the planets, with…

One concept that has interested is dark matter and dark energy. Dark matter is the thing that makes it possible for galaxies to exist. When astrophysicists and cosmologist calculated why the universe is structure the way it is, it became clear that there’s just not enough normal matter. The gravity of the visible matter is not strong enough to from galaxies and complex structures. The starts would more likely be scattered all over the place and not form galaxies. Therefore, cosmologist concluded…

of cheer leading. Gravity is the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass. For most purposes Newton's laws of gravity apply, with minor modifications to take the general theory of relativity into account. Therefore, cheerleading involves the force of gravity, because of the stunts, the tumbling, and the jumps. Anything you drop accelerates at the same rate…