Jul 25 2009
As the Nineteenth Century drew to a close scientists puzzled over the nature of light. the Scotch scientist, James Clerk Maxwell established that light was an electromagnetic wave that , and waves need a medium in which to propagate. If one tosses a stone into a pond, the water ripples out in waves from the [...]
Jul 12 2009
Two recent books, Einstein’s Mistakes by Dr. Hans C. Ohanian, a Physics Professor at the University of Vermont, and Galileo Goes to Jail,and Other Myths about Science and Religion, edited by Dr. Ronald L. Numbers a Professor of the History of Science and Medicine at the University of the University of Wisconsin at Madison has [...]
Jul 03 2009
The July/ August 2009 issue of MIT Technology Review has a photo essay “Igniting Fusion” on the NIF ( National Ignition Facility) with some spectacular pictures prepared by Kevin Bullis, the energy editor of the magazine, which can be viewed online at technologyreview.com/photoessay. The picture at the left from the essay shows an optical switch [...]