Some time ago I received a call from a colleague who asked if I would be the referee on the grading of an examination question. He was about to give a student a zero for his answer to a...
Like all stars, the Sun has its beginning, life, and eventual end. Although it gives us light and warmth every day, it is just one of many inhabitants of the universe, destined to follow the fate shared by all...
Police control
The policeman stopped the car driver for regular control, the speed limit on the highway section was 120km / h, he legitimized the driver and asked him a few routine questions:
POLICEMAN: How long were you driving today?
DRIVER: I...
How much do you know about Marie Curie? Curie dedicated her life to science. She was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, the first person to be awarded twice and is still the only person to...
It occurred to me: our planet should perhaps be called Water, not Earth.
Not only because three quarters of its surface is water and only one quarter is land, but also because 75% of the human body is water.
Because water...
This is an example of physics majors with way too much time on their hands...
1) No known species of reindeer can fly. BUT there are 300,000 species of living organisms yet to be classified, and while most of these are insects...
YOU MIGHT BE A PHYSICS MAJOR...
if you have no life - and you can PROVE it mathematically.
if you enjoy pain.
if you know vector calculus but you can't remember how to do long division.
if you chuckle...
While I was thinking about the birds I saw Shaun walk over to the man. I recognized him; he had sat in front of me on the plane. I had remembered him saying something about being a Physicist so...
An engineer, a mathematician, and a physicist were asked to name the greatest invention of all times.
The engineer chose fire, which gave humanity power over matter.
The mathematician chose the wheel, which gave humanity the power over space.
The physicist mystic...
Heisenberg and Schrodinger are driving together one day. Heisenberg is behind the wheel when he sees a cop car is approaching. He dutifully pulls over.
He rolls down the window and the cop asks: "Do you know how...
