The title says it all: an animated video of Heisenberg singing about the Uncertainty Principle: So, you know, there’s that. It’s pretty good, but he’s no Feynman:
Category: Physics
Treating Big Molecules Like Electrons: “Real-time single-molecule imaging of quantum interference”
Richard Feyman famously once said that the double-slit experiment done with electrons contains everything that’s “‘at the heart of quantum physics.” It shows both particle and wave character very clearly: the individual electrons are detected one at a time, like particles, but the result of a huge number of detections clearly traces out an interference… Continue reading Treating Big Molecules Like Electrons: “Real-time single-molecule imaging of quantum interference”
Science Fantastic, Sales by SteelyKid
I had a signing yesterday at the Barnes & Noble in Vestal, NY, which drew a smallish crowd mostly of friends and family. SteelyKid came, of course, and while she spent most of her time bopping about other parts of the store, she came over to the signing area while I was signing books for… Continue reading Science Fantastic, Sales by SteelyKid
Scientific Commuting: Some Answers to “How Much Faster?”
So, the previous post poses a physics question based on some previous fooling around with modeling my commute: A car starts from rest at the beginning of a straight 1km course, accelerates up to some speed, cruises at constant speed for a while, then decelerates to a stop at the end of the course. A… Continue reading Scientific Commuting: Some Answers to “How Much Faster?”
Scientific Commuting: How Much Faster?
Back in the summer, I did a post mathematically comparing two routes to campus, one with a small number of traffic lights, the other with a larger number of stop signs, and looked at which would be faster. Later on, I did the experiment, too.) Having spent a bunch of time on this, I was… Continue reading Scientific Commuting: How Much Faster?
How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog On the Radio and in Vestal, NY
The quick publicity items for this weekend: 1) I will be on the Science Fantastic radio show either Saturday or Sunday, depending on when your local affiliate runs it (or when you choose to livestream it over the Internet). The interview has already been recorded, which leaves me free for: 2) I will be signing… Continue reading How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog On the Radio and in Vestal, NY
How to Have My Dog Teach You Physics
“Hey, dude,” the dog says, looking concerned. “We need to talk.” “Yeah? What’s up?” “Look, it’s great that you’re transcribing the human puppy’s stories into Twitter and all, but I’m feeling left out. I’ve got my own Twitter account and all, but you hardly ever type any of my tweets any more. I have to… Continue reading How to Have My Dog Teach You Physics
Shedding Light on Quantum Gravity: “Probing Planck-scale physics with quantum optics”
It’s been a while since I did any ResearchBlogging posts, because it turns out that having an infant and a toddler really cuts into your blogging time. Who knew? I keep meaning to get back to it, though, and there was a flurry of excitement the other day about a Nature Physics paper proposing a… Continue reading Shedding Light on Quantum Gravity: “Probing Planck-scale physics with quantum optics”
The Quantum Universe by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw
So, this is the new book from the authors of Why Does E=mc2?, covering quantum mechanics in a roughly similar manner. This book, or, rather, Brian Cox talking about some material from this book, created a bit of controversy recently, as previously discussed. But other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?… Continue reading The Quantum Universe by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw
How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog Publicity Update
A couple of cool items in the promotion of How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog: — A little while back, I spoke to Alan Boyle, who writes the Cosmic Log blog for MSNBC, who posted a very nice story about the book last night. Mainstream media, baby! It also uses this very cool picture… Continue reading How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog Publicity Update