Hi guys! Finally I’ve found some time to write here again. Today I want to tell you something about the (mathematical) pendulum, and introduce it like you’ve never seen before at school. You would say… why just the pendulum? Well, the pendulum is the simplest example of harmonic oscillator, and if you – like me … Continue reading
Category Archives: Physics
Latest news: “WE HAVE IT!”
Hi everybody! The LATEST NEWS can’t go unnoticed! Watching TV or reading newspapers, you surely have learnt that Cern scientists have “found” a new particle consistent with the Higgs Boson, just as Anthony had predicted in his article! Finally, after about 50 years of hunt for this famous particle, they have demonstrated how matter becomes … Continue reading
A time travel… about TIME!
“We have to take into account that all our judgments in which time plays a part are always judgments of simultaneous events. If, for instance, I say, “That train arrives here at 7 o’clock,” I mean something like this: “The pointing of the small hand of my watch to 7 and the arrival of the … Continue reading
The background noise of television
Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patens of bright gold, There’s not the smallest orb which thou behold’st But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed chérubins. William Shakespeare Hi guys! Do you remember the post about matter and antimatter? I’ll jog your memory if it’s … Continue reading
Two wings “is megl’ che one!” (2)
After Yeager’s glorious feat, thanks to studies which have been made to solve the problems of supersonic speed, many supersonic warplanes have been built. But constructors soon realized that the shockwave, reaching the ground, created problems to the people of the area. In the previous video you have seen the painted wall tremble at the sonic … Continue reading
Two wings “is megl’ che one!” (1) Some notes about sound.
Hi guys! I apologize if the title makes your mouth water but I won’t talk about ice creams! 🙂 I’d like to share with you something I read a few days ago on a magazine about a new prototype of a supersonic airplane. But I need to explain something about sound first. We define “sound” … Continue reading
WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT!
Researchers from the CERN laboratory have recently denied their early discovery in the field of elementary subatomic particles! When I first heard of their mistaken results, I was disappointed yet at the same time I sighed with relief! This means that the world as we know it has not been turned upside down. The experiment … Continue reading
The border between science fiction and reality
Hi everybody! Are you a fan of Star Trek? If you are or if you have ever seen it, you surely know that their spaceship, the Enterprise, runs on antimatter: the reactors rely on matter-antimatter annihilation (total destruction) for energy production. Even if you have read Angels and Demons by Dan Brown, you probably remember … Continue reading
The God Particle
The CERN laboratory has amazed us again with its latest discovery in the field of elementary particles. The particle concerned is the Higgs boson, known as the “God particle”. The Higgs boson was proposed in 1964 by the Scottish physicist Peter Higgs on the grounds of theoretical suppositions to explain why matter has a mass. … Continue reading
Neutrinos overtake the speed of light
The world of physics has been shocked by a recent discovery of the CNGS project: neutrinos have overtaken the speed of light, challenging the pillars of modern science. The speed of light, usually denoted by c (≈300,000 km per second), is the maximum speed (at least until a few days ago) at which all energy, … Continue reading
A little immersion in the world of physics
Pennywise talked about underwater and diving and… did you know? There are a lot of physical laws linked to this topic! Let’s dive in a sea of physical principles then! 😉 Galileo discovered that air has a weight and Torricelli measured it: he used a glass tube which was open at one end and closed … Continue reading
Learning to fly 