Thursday, February 23, 2012

Vectors

Vectors

This video is about vectors is Physics. A vector is a mathematical quantity with both a magnitude and direction. All vectors can be divided into component vectors that run along the axises In a two dimensional vectors they run along the x axis and the y axis forming a nice neat right triangle. When you go to three or more dimensions it gets more complicated. These component vectors are used in adding vectors.

Monday, February 20, 2012

flight of Friendship 7 - First American in Obit


The above video is a NASA documentary about America’s first manned orbital flight. John Glenn was aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule which was launched on top of an Atlas rocket. This flight occurred 50 years ago to day (2/20/2012) on February 20 1962.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Double Slit Experiment - YouTube





The double slit experiment is based on the wave/particle duality of subatomic particles. As simple a concept as it is, it produces some of most astounding experimental results of quantum mechanics. This experiment stands the heart of quantum weirdness, because it is one of the strangest results in science. The original double silt experiment used photons of light, but later versions used electrons but the results are the same The double slit experiment is actually responsible for starting Quantum Physics.


Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Quantum Mechanics



 
This is a video on the development of quantum mechanics. Niels Bohr was the first physicist that described electrons orbits of a fixed size and energy.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Entropy and the Origin of Life - YouTube

This video is a discussion of the affect of energy on entropy as applied to the origin of life.Since even the simplest known living cell is far more organized and complex than there the basic chemical components that makeup a cell. As a result a living cell’s entropy is much much much much much much much lower than that their basic chemical components. Forming life from nonliving basic chemicals requires a tremendous reduction in entropy.  So any theory on the origin of life must be able to account for this tremendous reduction in entropy.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Catastrophic Model of Martian Geology

Catastrophic Model of Martian Geology
This is a video provides evidence that Martian geology is result of a major catastrophic event of global proportions. This event would have been a massive asteroid bombardment that changed the planet.

Video on Science and Politics

Video on Science and Politics
This is a video about science and politics and how politics affect science.