Physics
Neutrino astronomy
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2002 Raymond Davis Jr and Masatoshi Koshiba have developed methods to detect cosmic neutrinos. Their discoveries have opened up the new field of neutrino astronomy – with large implications for particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology. Contents: | | …
moreThe Nobel Prize in Physics 2001
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2001 Left: Ketterle’s first atom laser. Centre and right: later results from other laboratories. The atomic laser When the laser was invented some forty years ago, no-one envisaged its many areas of application today. A laser emits coherent light; could coherent matter be utilised…
moreWerner Heisenberg – Biographical
Biographical
Werner Heisenberg was born on 5th December, 1901, at Würzburg. He was the son of Dr. August Heisenberg and his wife Annie Wecklein. His father later became Professor of the Middle and Modern Greek languages in the University of Munich. It was probably due to his influence that Heisenberg remarked, when the Japanese physicist Yukawa…
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Gerardus ‘t Hooft – Interview
Interview
Interview transcript Professor ‘t Hooft, a key word in physics today, or one of the key words, is unification. There is a lot to talk about unification of forces, according to your mind is unification necessary? Gerardus ‘t Hooft: Usually there is a danger that one overemphasises the need for unification; it’s…
moreRaymond Davis Jr. – Biographical
Biographical
I was born in Washington, D.C. on October 14, 1914. My father was a photographer at the National Bureau of Standards. A self-educated man, he never finished high school, but, in his career at the National Bureau of Standards, he made many useful inventions, and eventually became chief of the Photographic Technology Section. His early…
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