As far as we know, the universe is made up of fundamental particles like electrons and quarks. Everything we see in the universe, including ourselves, is the result of interactions between these particles. Fundamental forces mean interactions of elementary particles. Four fundamental forces have been identified. They are gravitational force, electromagnetic force, weak nuclear force…
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics will be shared by three people. Half of the award goes to Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann, who have done critical research on climate and global warming. The other is the Italian physicist Giorgio Parisi. Sukuro Manabe holds a PhD from the University of Tokyo, Japan and is currently…
August 30, marked the 150th birthday of Ernst Rutherford, the founder of nuclear physics. Ernst Rutherford was born in New Zealand on August 30, 1871, the son of farmer James Rutherford and Martha Thompson, and died in Cambridge on October 19, 1937. Wife: Mary Newton. Daughter: Eileen. Eileen’s husband is the famous physicist RH Fowler….
