Category: Physics
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How hard is a physics major? An experience.
The truth about Einstein’s major from a physicist No, it’s not hard. That’s the answer. A physics major is not hard, I mean it sure is harder than receiving most other degrees, but it’s not super hard and I am no super brain, believe me! Oh, if you are new here, you might not know…
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The physics Nobel prize this year was an honor to Max Planck
Three men received on the 4th October, 2022 the physics Nobel prize “for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science”. Their names are Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger. Simultaneously, I was at an event to commemorate the 75th date of death of the famous…
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Physics and the question of Consciousness
Physics and the question of consciousness Part I Did Heisenberg answer the question of free will? Free will is a concept discussed by philosophers. But did you know that in physics the question of free will becomes more and more very important too? There is no standardized definition of free will but the closest that…
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The black body problem and a new era of physics
A box that absorbs all light that comes into it and generates endless energy? How Max Planck changed our understanding of physics. Imagine a black box with a hollow cavity and with a very tiny hole in it. Into that hole, we shoot light. What will happen? This box is a technical realization of a black…