About PhysicsPhysicsNeil deGrasse Tyson - Communicating Science- June 29, 2008 Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson at the 2005 NASA Advisory Council in Washington, DC. It's been a busy couple of weeks for astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. First, on June 25, Dr....http://physics.about.com/b/2008/06/29/neil-degrasse-tyson-communicating-science.htm Einstein's God- June 28, 2008 A little over a month ago, a 1954 letter from Albert Einstein to philosopher Eric Gutkind sold at auction for quite a lot of money - 170,000 pounds ($404,000 US...http://physics.about.com/b/2008/06/28/einsteins-god.htm This Week in Physics History: June 23 - 29- June 23, 2008 June 26, 1824 - British mathematician, engineer, and physicist William Thomas, 1st Baron Kelvin ("Lord Kelvin"), was born. He did much work in electricity and thermodynamics, devising a scale of...http://physics.about.com/b/2008/06/23/this-week-in-physics-history-june-23-29.htm Relativity 4 Engineers- June 21, 2008 I get a lot of notices and one that recently came my way was the announcement that the website Engineering.com has begun allowing their members to have blogs through their...http://physics.about.com/b/2008/06/21/relativity-4-engineers.htm New CERN Safety Report - Still No Doomsday Scenario- June 21, 2008 Critics of CERN's new Large Hadron Collider (LHC) project have very serious concerns - basically, they are worried that the attempt to re-create energies near those of the big bang...http://physics.about.com/b/2008/06/21/new-cern-safety-report-still-no-doomsday-scenario.ht... This Week in Physics History: June 16 - 22- June 16, 2008 June 21, 1781 - French mathematician and physicist Simeon-Denis Poisson is born. Poissons mathematical achievements were instrumental in the development of the mathematics related to electromagnetic field equations by Gauss,...http://physics.about.com/b/2008/06/16/this-week-in-physics-history-june-16-22.htm Prepare For Fall Courses Online- June 15, 2008 With the internet, summer has become an opportunity to get a jumpstart on fall coursework. Though not necessarily how every single student would want to spend their free time, for...http://physics.about.com/b/2008/06/15/prepare-for-fall-courses-online.htm Nuclear Waste Eating Molecule- June 11, 2008 Scientists at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland have created a molecule called a macrocycle, which can eat the uranium ion uranyl from spent nuclear fuel rods. Why is...http://physics.about.com/b/2008/06/11/nuclear-waste-eating-molecule.htm This Week in Physics History: June 9 - 15- June 9, 2008 June 14, 1736 - French physicist Charles Augustin de Coulomb is born. Coulomb's best known for discovery of Coulomb's law, defining the force of electrostatic attraction and repulsion. The SI...http://physics.about.com/b/2008/06/09/this-week-in-physics-history-june-9-15.htm NASA - 50th Anniversary & Discovery Channel Series- June 8, 2008 The Discovery Channel will be beginning a show tonight, June 8, at 9:00 pm EasternPacific. The show, When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions, is "the story of mankind's...http://physics.about.com/b/2008/06/08/nasa-50th-anniversary-discovery-channel-series.htm |