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5 days ago · Creating a theory of everything isn't exactly easy. It involves producing one framework uniting the fundamental forces of our universe, while accounting for all the underlying constants and ...
3 days ago · To cite a well known example, Hermann Weyl famously declared in Das Kontinuum (Weyl 1918) that analysis was built on sand, and even though it could be rebuilt on “pillars of enduring strength” (Weyl 1918, 1994, p. 1), not all of mathematics would survive this reconstruction.
2 days ago · J. Robert Oppenheimer (born Julius Robert Oppenheimer; / ˈɒpənhaɪmər / OP-ən-hy-mər; April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist. He was director of the Manhattan Project 's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II and is often called the "father of the atomic bomb ". Born in New York City, Oppenheimer ...
5 days ago · Einstein's contribution to physics was so great he still remains a superstar. But physicists Arthur Eddington, Hermann Weyl and mathematician David Hilbert were not so fortunate, with some facing much worse consequences. Take Eddington, for example, perhaps the greatest scientist you have never heard of.
3 days ago · At the Cerro Paranal Observatory, a laser beam is used to create an artificial star to tune the Very Large Telescope (VLT). The search for exoplanets on which extraterrestrial civilizations could be found is one of the many missions of the VLT. The Kardashev scale ( Russian: Шкала́ Кардашёва, romanized : Shkalá Kardashova) is a ...
3 days ago · v. t. e. In particle physics, the Dirac equation is a relativistic wave equation derived by British physicist Paul Dirac in 1928. In its free form, or including electromagnetic interactions, it describes all spin-1/2 massive particles, called "Dirac particles", such as electrons and quarks for which parity is a symmetry.
2 days ago · Cast of Avengers: Endgame. Avengers: Endgame is the 22nd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and features an ensemble cast including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, and Paul Rudd. It is the sequel to Avengers: Infinity War and follows the Avengers as they seek to ...
