John Archibald Wheeler

Black holes are one of the most mysterious aspects of the Universe. Scientists know that black holes contain an insane amount of matter packed into a small space with a gravitational field so intense that not even light can escape it. This review will focus primarily on what is known about black holes, how scientists know black holes exist, current studies and experiments, and why they are studied. Based off the knowledge humans have already uncovered about black holes, they could change the future

Deven Misra 04/07/16 IB Physics HL 1 Hugh Everett III Biography Hugh Everett III was an American physicist who created the “relative state” formulation. I can relate to his experience as an atheist in a predominantly religious society. Hugh Everett was born in Washington D.C. in 1930. Everett attended St. John’s College during high school, and was accepted into The Catholic University of America for undergraduate chemical engineering. During World War II, Everett’s father was stationed in West

physicists alike since the eighteenth century. French scientist Pierre-Simon Laplace, born in 1749, was one of the first scientists to argue for the existence of an unexplainable body that encompasses an endless amount of space . Following Laplace, John Archibald Wheeler, an American physicist born in 1911, coined the term “black hole” for a space entity that is “so compact (in other words, has enough mass in a small enough volume) that its gravitational force is strong enough to prevent light” and all other

are a discovery that have intrigued scientists for years. Black holes were first theorized and discovered a long time ago. To begin, Pierre-Simon Laplace, who was from France, and John Michell, who was from England, were the first people to theorize the existence of black holes (“hubblesite” 1). Pierre-Simon and John seperately made their theories about black holes existing. Later, in

Two years later, until his death, he was elected the president of the Royal Danish Sciences. Very soon in 1939, Bohr and John Archibald Wheeler cooperated to produce “The Liquid model”. A year later, Niels fled from Denmark to America, because of the World War 2 and worked on the Manhattan project. Niels Bohr died in his home in Copenhagen because of a stroke on November 18, 1962

or Albert Einstein. Although Einstein first predicted the existence of black holes in his General Theory of Relativity as early as 1919, the idea that something could collapse to a point from which even light could not escape was first proposed by John Michell in 1783 in a communication to Henry Cavendish, who was a member of the Royal Society, and in the following terms: “If the semi-diameter of a sphere of the same density as the Sun were to exceed that of the Sun in the proportion of 500 to

Stephen Hawking was born on January 8, 1942, in Oxford, England. At an early age, Hawking showed a passion for science and the sky. At age 21, while studying cosmology at the University of Cambridge, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Despite his debilitating illness, he has done groundbreaking work in physics and cosmology and his several books have helped to make science accessible to everyone. His Scottish mother had earned her way into Oxford University in the 1930s. His father

Is there really a dragon in the garage? The most convincing author was Shermer In “How Thinking Goes Wrong” because of all the facts, logos that he implemented in his article. He backed up all his statements with lengthy factual information that can be proved or be cited. The article did not appeal to any emotion but it was trustworthy because of its factual statements and certainty. The article was organized in topics with explanations and factual information to make the reader trust what was being

Albert Einstein’s vs. Newton: General Theory of Relativity Albert Einstein, most famously known as a physicist, was a contributor to the scientific world with his many known researches and humanitarian work. As a Nobel Prize Winner in 1921, his chronicled and more important works include Special Theory of Relativity (1905), Relativity (English Translation, 1920 and 1950), General Theory of Relativity (1916), Investigations on Theory of Brownian Movement (1926), and The Evolution

Physics, Love, and Richard Feynman Introduction Physics. Love. These two words sum up the entities that Richard Feynman held most important throughout his entire life. An extraordinary individual, Feynman was able to combine an incredible mind with an incredible personality to achieve ends bordering on the magical. After Feynman's death in 1988, physicist Hans Bethe, paraphrasing the mathematician Mark Kac, spoke of two kinds of geniuses. He explained that the ordinary kind does great things