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This week we are starting our quarter-long exploration of electromagnetism. I love this subject and you will too by the time we’re finished in May. So, get a head start tonight and start reading James Clerk Maxwell‘s Preface to his incredibly influential “A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism” (it was one of Einstein’s favorite books [...]

Forget Pi Day (not really), it’s Albert Einstein‘s birthday! We’ll have a little celebration tomorrow in class. In the meantime, go listen to this fascinating story about Einstein’s Brain (from 2005). Happy Birthday, Einstein!

Go find out why here. Science rocks.

What Is Time? One Physicist Hunts for the Ultimate Theory | Wired Science | Wired.com: “I’m trying to understand how time works. And that’s a huge question that has lots of different aspects to it. A lot of them go back to Einstein and spacetime and how we measure time using clocks. But the particular [...]

Final Jeopardy Question tonight (College Championship) was: “Who said ‘All matter is speed and flame’?” Answer? Pure awesome.

Remember, F=ma helps us realize the connection between mass, acceleration (change in velocity) and force. So, technically this could be a possibility. FOXNews.com – What’s Faster Than Light?: “While nothing with mass can move faster than the speed of light, scientists now think some weird, faster-than-light currents may be the powerhouse for fast-spinning stars. The [...]

On Friday, we discussed how energy and matter are two sides of the same coin. They are, essentially, descriptions of the same thing(s). Here’s a little preview of where we’re headed with this revelation and some of the implications… Mass, Energy, and the Sun : Built on Facts: “Since the speed of light c = [...]

I definitely have to see the data and an experiment to confirm this to think it could even be remotely true… but if it is… wow! A pair of German physicists claim to have broken the speed of light – an achievement that would undermine our entire understanding of space and time. According to Einstein’s [...]

Albert Einstein had an amazing year in 1905. At the age of 26, he published three papers that changed the way humanity thinks about the universe. In fact, 1905 has been called the “Miracle Year” because of Einstein’s contributions. Even now, 104 years later, scientists are still studying these papers and applying them to new [...]

I really love the Internet Archive: We’ll be seeing more of Mr. Einstein this year! Internet Archive: Free Download: Albert Einstein Comes To America