'Physics' Category
Philosophia Naturalis #15
Welcome to the 15th mostly-monthly installment of the Philosophia Naturalis blog carnival — home of the best blog posts in the natural sciences that you’ll find! There’s all sorts of good reading material for you to choose from, so let’s get right to business…
Dawn on its way…
NASA’s new Dawn spacecraft launched at 7:34 (Eastern Time) on Thursday the 27th; my apologies for the late post, but I’ve been swamped at work… If you’re a space buff, you already know all about this — but if you only skim the news, you’d have easily missed what little coverage the launch received. I thought it might help to gather up all the links to information on this mission that I can find….
Everybody loves a carnival…
And you’ve got plenty to choose from this week.
Episode 10 — Quantum Mechanics
Now it’s time for some much odder physics than you’re likely used to — we’re getting down to the sub-atomic level with quantum mechanics…. If you’re new to the podcast, you’ll want to check out episodes 4 (Physics: A Brief History, 6 (Special Relativity), and 8 (General Relativity) first, just to put this material in context….
The week in carnivals
As usual, you’ve got a good selection of science-related blog carnivals for your reading pleasure this week…
