Harlow Shapley - The Astronomer By Chance
In our life, some of the best decisions are taken only by chance. We plan to do something else, but end up with something completely unexpected. The same thing happened with Harlow Shapley, who took …
Scientists
Enrico Fermi : The Architect of The Nuclear Age And The Atomic Bomb
This world has seen a lot of Physicists. Some are genius in their theoretical work and some are brilliant as Experimentalists. However, there are very few minds that excel in both theoretical physics and experimental …
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Radioactive: A Movie On Marie Curie
Movie about marie curie Movies about famous scientists do not happen everyday. From the producers, Working Title Films (Darkest Hour (2017), Yesterday (2019)) and Shoebox Films (Locke (2013), Serenity (2019)) comes "Radioactive", directed by Marjane …
Ludwig Boltzmann: The Father of Statistical Mechanics
Ludwig Edward Boltzmann is one of the elite theoretical physicists of the later nineteenth century. An advocate for the existence of atoms, he is a known face for his role in the development of statistical …
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Carl Anderson: The Man Who Discovered Antimatter.
Be it Star Trek or Angels and Demons, these days almost every Science fiction movie makes it a point to include the word antimatter into it. Undoubtedly, Antimatter has become one of the hottest topic …
Ph.D. In Physics: 8 Things It Taught Me
How do people decide whether they should do a Ph.D.? Do they dream of becoming doctorates right from their school days? Well, some kids do have a lot of Ph. D. uncles, aunts and even …
Ramanujan And His Contributions To Mathematics.
Born in a small village in the southwest of Madras, India ,Srinivasa Ramanujan was one of India's greatest mathematical geniuses. Though he left the world at a very young age on 26th April, 1920, Still , in …
Fermat's Last Theorem: An Elegant Problem In Mathematics
Today, it's 418th birth anniversary of the man who blessed the world with a problem that took 358 years to be solved. Often called the founder of the modern theory of numbers, "Pierre de Fermat" …
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Erwin Schrödinger: His Life And Work.
If Quantum Mechanics has travelled so far today, it wouldn't have been possible without contributions from some of the finest minds in the history. And, Erwin Schrödinger, better known as the Father of Quantum Mechanics …
10 Interesting Facts About Neil Armstrong
No matter where the mankind goes in future, but the name Neil Armstrong will always make our hearts beat a bit faster. He was the one who became the first man ever to have stepped …
Hendrik Lorentz And His Contributions To Physics.
The world knows him for his theory of electromagnetic radiation. But little is known about his contribution to Einstein's special theory of relativity. Today, let us meet Hendrik Lorentz and learn how he set the …
Nikola Tesla Important Life Lessons
Albert Einstein once quoted Great spirits have always faced opposition from mediocre minds. Nikola Tesla was no exception to this quote. One of the most dynamic inventor of the 19-20th Century, Tesla was born on …
