Einstein’s last problem
What did Einstein write on his final blackboard? He was working even while slowly dying in hospital, trying to unify physics, but that is the topic of a future video. For now, let’s enjoy Einstein’s last problem…
Tag: physics
Fun with physics: the spinning disc paradox
Anyone who has ever ventured into the realms of science, religion, mysticism or philosophy will have encountered their fair share of paradoxes: apparent contradictions that highlight where our understanding is insufficient to grasp a deeper truth. That’s the case here, …
Knovel engineering
I’ve plumbed the depths of Knovel before now but having just chatted with the lovely lady from Elsevier who teaches people like your lecturers about the latest developments in our academic information resources, I wanted to pass on news of these latest exciting new tools and features that have been added recently.
Quantum of understanding
Yesterday, I mentioned Schrödinger’s wave equation. Here’s a short video that puts all the things we now know about quantum physics into a short video with animations that make the basic precepts seem so simple even I can finally grasp them.
Physics fans the flames of love
I’ve posted at least one ‘worthy’ blog post this week, so apart from reminding anyone who hasn’t yet visited Annabel Tremlett’s fantastic photography display exploring the true lived experiences and family lives of Roma, Gypsies and Travellers currently on show …
Engineering Village – your one-stop shop for engineering information
Engineering Village is like a version of the EBSCO Discovery Service designed specifically for engineers. It is the broadest and most complete engineering literature database available in the world, comprising no less than ten chemistry, engineering, and earth science databases.
Technology Book of the Week 4/12/15
This is probably straying into the science areas, but as it has such direct applications to technology, we’re going to include it anyway. In Search of Time: journeys along a curious dimension by Dan Falk.
New e-resources for you this Spring – ejournals
Rounding out our offerings of new e-resources are these collections of new ejournals. IOP Archive collections A historic collection of 77 journals published by the Institute of Physics between 1874 – 2006. Healthcare Professionals Subscriptions to 7 new healthcare journal titles. Annals …
Liquid Art
German photographer Markus Reugels captures remarkable sculptural images of splashing water droplets using flash photography. http://www.markusreugels.de/ From the menu on the left (the website is in German) you can view various categories of droplet shape, including crowns and fountains. TOTD’s …
Double yolks and the world’s smallest map
Scientists at the Photonics Research Group of Ghent University-IMEC have fabricated a world map on a scale of 1:1,000,000,000,000. Or, if you prefer, 1: 1 trillion. http://photonics.intec.ugent.be/publications/MediaCoverage/2009-12-17/default.htm This reminded TOTD of a discussion on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this …
