Physics education

A Brief History of Stephen Hawking The quote, “look up at the stars, not down at your feet,” spoken by Stephen Hawking at the Sydney Opera House, sums up Hawking’s life in one sentence. Despite having amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, Hawking survived nearly fifty years with the disease until he died on March 14th, 2018. In the time period of him having the disease, he has made several large contributions to the field of science, and cosmology. The changes and influence Stephen Hawking has made

Initially, majoring in Forensic Chemistry was not my first choice. I have always been interested in science but I never thought of actually majoring in a science field. Since I was a child I always looked forward to going to science class. In elementary school, many of my teachers helped me gain a love for science. But, it was in the sixth grade when I decide that I could see science in my future. My sixth-grade teacher set up a dissection lab one day and we were able to pick through owl pellets

How are Black Holes created? Black Holes are the universe's most mysterious objects known to mankind. It lies in the darkness waiting and waiting for something...anything to come up and devour it without a trace. Black Holes are relatively new to humans, but we know that they’ve been here for millions and millions of years. Many people are unaware of the history of black holes, how a black hole is created and its function , and how there were theories leading up to black holes

As one of the considerable researcher of the season of the nineteenth century he was fantastic. He won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1921 for his work in Physics. In due process he needed to escape from Germany, after Adolf Hitler took rule over Germany. Albert Einstein is viewed as one of the best researchers and virtuosos ever. Albert Einstein was a noteworthy player really taking shape of the Atomic Bomb that put a conclusion to World War II. The greater part of that accomplishments he had achieved in

Sir Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton was an amazing scientist who created three theories that later became laws.Sir Isaac Newton was a 17th century scientist that made a variety of laws explaining why objects move or don't move. He was born on January 4, 1643, in Woolsthorpe, England, United Kingdom. Sir Newton was married to Hannah Ayscough. Before newton became the greatest scientist studied for law. Sir Isaac Newton created his three theories in 1666 and published them on 1686 at the Principia

Erwin Schrodinger was one of the key figures in quantum physics, even before his famous "Schrodinger's Cat" thought experiment. He had created the quantum wave function, which was now the defining equation of motion in the universe, but the problem is that it expressed all motion in the form of a series of probabilities ... something which goes in direct violation to how most scientists of the day (and possibly even today) like to believe about how physical reality operates. Schrodinger himself was

Have you ever heard the legend about Newton and how he discovered gravity? Legend has it young Newton was sitting under an apple tree and all of a sudden he gets hit on the head apple. This legend is supposedly the real reason how the laws of gravity were created but it’s not all true. The real story which was told by Isaac himself is, he was barely looking out the window when he happened to see the fruit drop. Even then, some Newton scholars think the story involving the apples was made up. Newton

In researching the accomplishments of Sir Isaac Newton, and the struggle for patenting one's work in the 17th century, I've come to the opinion Newton was a brilliant man who received the glory for the accomplishments of the community in which he belonged. I specifically researched Newton's battle with Leibniz. It appears they both had the correct foundation for Calculus, they both did not publish their work immediately, they both collaborated via letter regarding their discoveries and set backs

In science class, we were told to find a career that really intrigued us to pursue when we are older. A career that really caught the interest of me was being a Director of Operations for a certain company. A Director of Operations makes sure everything the company needs done runs smoothly and is completed when it need to be completed. To help with my research on the career, I asked Scott Savary who is a Director of Operations for McKesson. I asked him what he thought science was and he said, “Science

Dark Matter is a form of matter that is believed to account for approximately 90% of the matter in the universe. The majority of dark matter is non-baryonic in nature, being made up of some undiscovered particles. Dark matter has not been directly observed, but its presence is seen in a variety of astrological theories, including gravitational effects that cannot be explained unless more matter is present than can be seen. Most astrologists believe dark matter to be all over the universe and to have