String Theory
Sometime in the fifth century B.C., the Greek philosopher Democritus introduced the atomic hypothesis--the idea that all matter is composed of extremely tiny, indivisible bits. (Hence th...
Read more
String Theory
Physicists believe there to be four fundamental forces. Three of these—the electromagnetic, the strong force, and the weak force—are amalgamated in the standard model of el...
Read more
For many years physicists have sought an equation that would explain the universe and all of its components. Every new idea that arose seemed to only cloud previous theories. The major problem was ...
Read more
Secil Boyd keeps dreaming up new ideas from remote control flying gadgets to new table games and even space-matter theories. "My mind doesn't seem to turn off so easily," the 53-year-old inventor j...
Read more
Secil Boyd keeps dreaming up new ideas from remote control flying gadgets to new table games and even space-matter theories. "My mind doesn't seem to turn off so easily," the 53-year-old inventor j...
Read more
Whether lecturing on multidimensional mathematics or bantering about the universe on late-night television,
physicist
Brian
Greene
displayed a personal charisma and intellectual brilliance that r...
Read more
Bob Harris is a brave man. Armed only with his irreverent sense of humor, boldly declaring his lack of expertise, he charges into the thick of the globeâs myriad simmering wars, co...
Read more
The world is a scrim, left blank for the tints and whorls of the ego. Void an object of its quantum of human aspiration, and you might as well annihilate it. I think, therefore I am. Fine, but even...
Read more