The same places; the same time; the same object
Anyone who has read a little pop-science has probably heard the curiously quoted idea that a sub-atomic particle can be in two places at once. I think I was probably first told this […]
Category Archives: Physics
Physics has so much potential
I have known what potential energy is for a very long time, but it is only of late I think I have truly began to appreciate its subtly in describing […]
The world is a hologram?
This idea was first but forward by one of the best Theoretical Physicists alive today – Gerard ’t Hooft. One of the great things about this man (aside from the […]
How big is the universe?
This is one of my favourite questions simply because it just makes you feel so insignificant. In a good way. An average person spends much of their life deriving value […]
Gravity: Next level pulling power
Imagine doing something every single day of your life, something powerful and fundamental to the lives of everyone around you. Something so valuable the world simply could not exist without […]
The odor of the universe
In my travels through the internet I stumbled on a weird and wonderful fact: space is smelly. Genuinely – it isn’t like one of those science facts that is so […]
Ode to ODEs
I always felt a little cheated when I took my Economics and Mathematics degree – because the differential equation work was fairly light touch. Well actually very light touch – […]
A complex beginning
Complex numbers are wonderful, and frankly not popular enough. My understanding is that in America they form an integral part of the high-school mathematics education (correct me if I am […]
Rationalising The Universe 