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Entries from March 22nd, 2012

How simple ideas lead great scientists to change the world

March 22nd, 2012 · No Comments · Other Science, Physics

Great scientists are great because of their discoveries that changed the world; however, they were not so much different from us. When Richard Feynman was a little boy, he was pulling a wagon with a ball in it. He saw the ball rolled back, so he asked his father the question of “why it did?”. [...]

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Physics and Marketing

March 22nd, 2012 · No Comments · Physics

First of all physics is cool! It can teach us so much about our world and especially about marketing.  The speaker started off by showing us an advertisement for an airline. This ad was going down the escalator, straight into the ground. This just looks terrible and makes no one want to fly with them.  [...]

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The Relation Between Beauty and Truth in Physics

March 22nd, 2012 · No Comments · Physics

Physics to most people is just a large collection of laws, theories and equations. Most people would never be able to grasp the concept that all those things are beautiful. How could such laws or equations of physics seem beautiful or even elegant, and how could that beauty or elegance lead to that law or [...]

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Jupiter’s Melting Heart Sheds Light on Mysterious Exoplanet

March 22nd, 2012 · No Comments · Physics

New researchers have come to a conclusion that Jupiter’s core in transforming.  Although this planet is known for being a gas giant, we have reason to believe the elements that make up Jupiter’s core are actually rocky and have defined shape and edges. As any solid would.  It’s a very messy mixture and is constantly [...]

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