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Albert Einstein | Physicist - 0 views

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    A nice simple biography of Albert Einstein
James Wilcox

Einsteins Theory of Relativity - 0 views

  • the principle of relativity
  • We advance a step farther in our generalisation when we express the tenet thus: If, relative to K, K1 is a uniformly moving co-ordinate system devoid of rotation, then natural phenomena run their course with respect to K1 according to exactly the same general laws as with respect to K. This statement is called
  • (in the restricted sense).
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  • two general facts which at the outset speak very much in favour of the validity of the principle of relativity
  • The principle of relativity must therefore apply with great accuracy in the domain of mechanics
    • James Wilcox
       
      Basically I get out of this the fact that Einstein is a genius and can quite literally think outside of the box.  In fact he can think at the box from any angle in multiple dimensions and then describe it.  Although I am sure I am not getting this 100%, I do see that the light is working on his end.
Katherine Chipman

Search Results | NuclearPathways.org - 0 views

  • The Manhattan Project was the code name for the U.S. effort during World War II to produce the atomic bomb. The program was under the leadership of Gen. Leslie Groves, and theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. The main laboratory was built on an isolated mesa at Los Alamos, New Mexico. The first atomic bomb was tested at Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945.
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