Nov 10, 2007

Einstein Meets Hendrix

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Well, not quite, but the wonderfully named Dr Mark Lewney puts on a great show not only as an axe hero extraordinaire but as a high-flying physicist who can explain why his nifty chops and runs sound the way they do. I had a quick e-chat with him the other day and we obtained permission to post his Famelab video from Channel4 on Youtube. So turn your speakers …

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Oct 16, 2007

Jonny Wilkinson, Physicist Extraordinaire

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On this side of The Atlantic, there is growing interest this week in Jonny Wilkinson’s balls, and more to the point how he kicks them. Wilkinson’s drop goals are testament to his keen understanding of the physics of aerodynamics, fluid mechanics, and possibly even the Bernoulli effect. Perfect fodder for a physics science project I reckon, just watch……

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Oct 9, 2007

Nobel Prize for Physics 2007

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This year’s Nobel Prize for Physics went to Albert Fert (France) and Peter Grünberg (Germany), who share the prize fifty:fifty for their discovery of giant magnetoresistance in which a very weak magnetic change gived rise to a major difference in electrical resistance of a system.

This effect underpins the technology that is used to read data on hard disks. It is thanks to their discovery that it has been possible to miniaturize hard disks so radically …

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