Category Archives: Physics
Neil Tyson Speaks at First Comes the Dream
From the content provider – “What inspires scientists and innovators? On July 19, First Comes the Dream, a celebration of New York City’s emergence as a premier technology center, brought luminaries from science, technology, and media to the American Museum … Continue reading
Who Killed America’s Biggest Gadget?
From the content provider – “The hunt for the Higgs boson, god particle or goddamn particle, the one that gives things mass, came closer to an end on July 4. Physicists at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider in Europe, the world’s … Continue reading
Mechanical Computer – Basic Mechanisms In Fire Control Computers
From the content provider – “A 1953 training film for a mechanical fire control computer aboard Navy Ships. Amazing how problems of mathematical computation were solved so elegantly in “permanent” mechanical form, before microprocessors became inexpensive and commonplace.”
An Experiment to Save the World
From the content provider – “In March 2002, the scientific world was rocked by some astonishing news: a distinguished US government scientist claimed he had made nuclear fusion out of sound waves in his laboratory. Rusi Taleyarkhan’s breakthrough was such … Continue reading