Special relativity is rarely spoken in the same breath as biology. But relativistic effects dominate the generation of singlet oxygen which causes a potent form of biological damage. Nature has evo…| Galileo Unbound
The magic of conformal maps transforms "impossible" physics problems into simple algebra exercises. Conformal maps also let us navigate across the surface of the Earth.| Galileo Unbound
Anant K. Ramdas, distinguished physicist and scholar, exemplifies the quintessential gentleman scientist, pursuing semiconductors and engaging in discussions on the heart of physics. His career spanned the Golden Age of Physics, the years from 1960 - 2015.| Galileo Unbound
The story of the light ray bending in an accelerating elevator is quintessential Einstein. But it took him nearly a quarter century before settling on this analogy.| Galileo Unbound
Gerardus Mercator warped the world to flatten it. He created a conformal map that helped early navigators hold courses of constant bearing across vast oceans.| Galileo Unbound
The displacement current was Maxwell's stroke of genius that led ultimately to the completion of his equations. Yet he envisioned it as a displacement effected by cogs and gears of the ether in the grand mechanical tradition of Victorian science.| Galileo Unbound
A century of neural network science has brought us to the precipice of a new age of artificial intelligence.| Galileo Unbound
In December 1924, Wolfgang Pauli introduced a crucial quantum number, leading to the formulation of the Pauli Exclusion Principle and connecting atomic models to the periodic table’s structure.| Galileo Unbound
In the early years of physics research, a major discovery could be made with neither funding nor labspace ... conjured out of thin air by curiosity, tenacity, and a love of physics.| Galileo Unbound
The Virial Theorem is a top physics principle. This post highlights its importance as a bridge between classical mechanics, thermodynamics, and quantum physics. It also touches on Rudolph Clausius’s foundational contributions, such as defining entropy and his work on thermodynamics laws.| Galileo Unbound
One hundred years ago, in July of 1924, a brilliant Indian physicist changed the way that scientists count.| Galileo Unbound
Write a decimal fraction, sit down at a tuned piano, reach for a dime, and you are benefiting from the genius of Simon Stevin of Bruges.| Galileo Unbound
There are sometimes individuals who seem always to find themselves at the focal points of their times. The physicist George Uhlenbeck was one of these individuals.| Galileo Unbound
…chaos theory tames the chaos, and we no longer need to blame the gods or the fates for our lot.| Galileo Unbound
