Albert Vinicio Báez (/ˈbaɪ.ɛz/; November 15, 1912 – March 20, 2007) was a prominent Mexican-American physicist, and the father of singers Joan Baez and Mimi Fariña. He was born in Puebla, Mexico, and his family moved to the United States when he was two years old because his father was a Methodist minister. Baez grew up in Brooklyn and considered becoming a minister before turning to mathematics and physics. He made important contributions to the early development of X-ray microscopes and later…
Astronomy, the study of the universe, is said to be the oldest of the sciences. Ancient civilizations observed heavenly events such as the passage of days and nights and the phases of the moon. From ancient times until the Renaissance, astronomy was orientated on the most accurate description of motions of celestial bodies observed with the naked eye: stars, and mainly planets including the Sun and the Moon. One aspect of the sky which does not appear to change is the pattern of the stars.…
about visiting the universe? Or have over viewed it? It is amazing how scientists are able to make discoveries about the universe. Incredibly, scientists have invented special instruments that can tell wether an object is moving away from Earth or towards it, and they also made many other such instruments. Yet, there are many questions an average person would ask such as, How was the universe formed, how old is the universe, and will the universe expand forever? The universe is a huge wide open…
Everything that has physics, has math. Physics is the language of math. For example, posters tapped against a wall. There are all kinds of forces to that, forces like contact force, Gravity, and normal force. Gravity exist among all objects in the universe. Like in the wall and the posters tapped against it. The two objects attract gravity towards each other. Connected to the example of the wall, and gravity, normal force is the supported force upon the two objects, because they are in contact…
“ It also help us explain our surroundings. Without physic, we would be surround with many mysteries. For example, back in the Middle Ages, people believe in things such as: the Earth is the center of the Universe, heavier objects falls faster than lighter objects, and that all objects falls with constant velocities. However, these hypotheses were soon proven wrong with the question, ‘If the apple falls, does the moon also falls?’ The moon is constantly falling…
There is always a point in life where one has to grow up, and experience the world in its true form, whether by choice or by force. It is an important part of life that changes one’s personality and their perspective of the world. This important transition is a focal point of life, and changes people as they learn about the world. Scout in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird demonstrates what happens to people when they grow up when her life takes a turn and forces her into a young lady.…
The meanings behind the beauty of nature by the nineteenth century have almost dwindled into pure unimportance. For some, nature stands for protection and home, while for Englishmen of that time it stands for power and profit. Nature comes from the word natus, which means birth in Latin. History provides an assumption that for many God was the creator of all including nature. He controlled the growth, a change for every season, and anything pertaining to Earth itself. Nature's beauty was created…
To me, astronomy is the study of the universe and everything in it. This includes the planets, moons, stars, comets, etc. The major difference found between Muggle astronomy and Wizarding astronomy is that the Muggle world has "laws" that explain what they see in the universe. The study of these laws of the universe in the Muggle world is called "physics". Although these laws do explain a vast majority of what the Muggles see on Earth and in the universe, it may not hold true in the Wizarding…
The messier galaxy is galaxy that is seventeen million light years away. This galaxy can be seen in the constellation Hydra. This galaxy is a spiral pinwheel galaxy and is also one of the brightest galaxies in the sky. The galaxy messier 83 was founded in February 23 in 1752 by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. Lacaille found the Messier 83 galaxy off of the Cape of Good Hope. In March of 1781 Charles Messier added this galaxy to his catalog of nebulas objects, known as the messier catalog. Later on…
Vaughn explains in his book Philosophy: Here and Now ( pg. 64-66) St. Thomas Aquinas’s evidence for God. Aquinas’ arguments for the existence of God are known as the first-cause argument and the argument from motion. Aquinas explains that in the universe everything is moving and caused by something, for example a ball is pushed by a child. Why did this happen? The child was there to push the ball. Why was the child there to push the ball? The child was given birth to by his mother. You can then…