tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77058594393036055812012-02-16T07:36:08.160ZScience for everyoneTGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13199131937261706789noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705859439303605581.post-75709349392028465332009-04-26T18:50:00.002+01:002009-04-26T20:59:08.810+01:002009-04-26T20:59:08.810+01:00TGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13199131937261706789noreply@blogger.com0This question is probably asked several thousand times a day by children around the world. Physics is undoubtedly an important subject - modern lifestyles are based largely on the advances that the science has brought about. However, I think reasons other than its practical applications are often ignored, and it is these I shall now address.The first is simply a desire to further our <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IsCYUOSR5e7xWe6DcXAcC77_n14/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IsCYUOSR5e7xWe6DcXAcC77_n14/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IsCYUOSR5e7xWe6DcXAcC77_n14/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IsCYUOSR5e7xWe6DcXAcC77_n14/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ThinkPhysics/~4/Lg9EyjvvQOM" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thinkphysics.co.uk/2009/04/why-study-physics.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705859439303605581.post-3295462133793244362009-04-24T20:01:00.004+01:002009-04-24T23:26:40.070+01:002009-04-24T23:26:40.070+01:00TGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13199131937261706789noreply@blogger.com1Everyone has heard of energy - it forms the underpinnings of today’s society, all life forms, and indeed the universe as we know it. But do we actually understand it?The first mention of the term ‘energy’ is thought to be by Aristotle, from the Greek which translates literally as “at work”. In fact, this translation is remarkably close to the definition given in many school textbooks: that energy <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wp0vfF9cViAnOK7lskFsJ2yqpNA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wp0vfF9cViAnOK7lskFsJ2yqpNA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wp0vfF9cViAnOK7lskFsJ2yqpNA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wp0vfF9cViAnOK7lskFsJ2yqpNA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ThinkPhysics/~4/5JvTP_TMsGY" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thinkphysics.co.uk/2009/04/question-of-energy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705859439303605581.post-53941568914470865252009-04-22T20:12:00.003+01:002009-04-23T11:37:15.284+01:002009-04-23T11:37:15.284+01:00TGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13199131937261706789noreply@blogger.com1To all who have stumbled here, by accident or otherwise, might I extend a warm welcome!The world of physics, if not science in general, is often considered to be somewhat obscure. Press releases are made about some of the most extravagant endeavours, but short of that there is little common understanding about what is involved in studying the physical world. I aim to change this.I myself am a <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NFt6hfm-dL0Zr30BEX_AwqSDVS0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NFt6hfm-dL0Zr30BEX_AwqSDVS0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NFt6hfm-dL0Zr30BEX_AwqSDVS0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NFt6hfm-dL0Zr30BEX_AwqSDVS0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ThinkPhysics/~4/z53NoEgv8vo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thinkphysics.co.uk/2009/04/welcome.html