The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics and Entropy: The 2ndlaw of thermodynamics is extremely important regarding how the universe works. In fact, the whole idea of an arrow of time is due to the 2ndlaw and entropy. The work of Sadi Carnot, Rudolf Clausius, and Lord Kelvin allowed us to understand how heat transfers from one body […]
Category: Physics
Tom Watson blogs on Quantum Phenomena and the Physics of Lasers
As many of you will know, electrons are not like planets orbiting their respective nucleus – the Rutherford-Bohr model was proven to be incorrect in the 1920s by Schrödinger and Heisenberg – but are rather act like a cloud. To be able to understand the atomic model, we must first look at the Uncertainty principle. […]
James Everitt blogs Quantum Physics and Mechanics as he discusses Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle
Werner Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle is most likely one of the most famous elements of Quantum Physics there is. While quite a simple idea compared with many other elements of Quantum Mechanics it has many other far more complicated applications which could perhaps serve as the topic for a future blog. The uncertainty principle states that […]
Thomas Watson blogs about Einstein’s Theory of Relativity vs Quantum Mechanics
In the early 1900s Albert Einstein released two papers that changed the way we perceived the universe forever. The first of these papers to be released (1905) was ‘The theory of Special Relativity’, the second (released 1915) ‘The theory of General Relativity’. However, the groundwork for the next great theory was already in motion before […]