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Theoretical Physics
Theoretical Physics explains, rationalizes, and predicts natural phenomena with two primary tools: abstractions of physical objects and mathematical models. Theoretical physics is a separate branch from Experimental Physics, which is … Continue reading Theoretical Physics
WiSW: Katherine Freese
Katherine Freese was born in Freiburg, Germany. Her family emigrated to the United States before her first birthday. Her father is Ernst Freese, a molecular biologist. Her uncle is Ekkehard … Continue reading WiSW: Katherine Freese
Quantum Superposition
Schrödinger’s cat is a thought experiment in quantum mechanics that demonstrates a paradox of quantum superposition. Quantum superposition states that any two or more quantum states can be added together … Continue reading Quantum Superposition
WiSW: Martha Chase
Martha Chase was born in 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the College of Wooster in Ohio in 1950. After graduating Martha Chase worked as a … Continue reading WiSW: Martha Chase
WiSW: Donna Strickland
Donna Theo Strickland is a Canadian optical physicist and pioneer in the field of pulsed lasers. After graduating from Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute, she decided to attend McMaster University because … Continue reading WiSW: Donna Strickland
Digital Life
The etymology of the word digit is Latin. Digitus: Finger, toe. Humans have been using their digits to count for thousands of years. It could be the case that our … Continue reading Digital Life
WiSW: Emmanuelle Charpentier
Emmanuelle Charpentier is a researcher and professor of microbiology, genetics, and biochemistry. She has been a director of the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin since 2015. There, … Continue reading WiSW: Emmanuelle Charpentier
Game Theory
In light of our current and forthcoming educational Unity mobile game releases (see Fuildmaze in the app store!) we are going to review the fundamentals of game theory. Game theory … Continue reading Game Theory
WiSW: Jennifer Doudna
Jennifer Doudna was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work on CRISPR gene editing. She is a professor of chemistry and molecular and cell biology at the … Continue reading WiSW: Jennifer Doudna
The Anthropic Principle
We can agree that the conditions on Earth are sufficient to support intelligent life. We are a product of the universal environment. Therefore it is safe to say the conditions … Continue reading The Anthropic Principle
Existential Risk
Definition: The possibility of an event or series of events that could drastically curtail humanity’s potential. A hypothetical global catastrophe could be anthropogenic, non-anthropogenic, internal and/or external in nature. For … Continue reading Existential Risk
WiSW: Andrea Ghez
Andrea M. Ghez is an astronomer and a professor of physics and astronomy at UCLA. Last year she became the fourth woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in physics. … Continue reading WiSW: Andrea Ghez