Ten Experiments that Shocked Physics E-Book

Simone Malacrida

• Herausgeber: BookRix
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Beschreibung

In this book, ten experiments that led to a radical change in physical and scientific theories, starting from what happened in the late nineteenth century and ending in the late twentieth century, are set out in great detail. These experiments are described first by focusing on the problem that prompted the testing of that very experimental apparatus, then by describing the solution found, and finally by exposing the consequences

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Simone Malacrida

Ten Experiments that Shocked Physics

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

"Ten Experiments that Shocked Physics"

INTRODUCTION

HERTZ AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

MICHELSON, MORLEY AND LUMINIFEROUS ETHER

EINSTEIN AND TIME

RUTHERFORD AND THE ATOMS

EDDINGTON AND THE CURVED SPACE-TIME

YOUNG AND THE TWO SLOTS

FERMI AND THE NUCLEI

PENZIAS AND THE COSMIC RADIATION

RUBBIA AND THE ELECTROWEAK THEORY

THE SUPER KAMIOKANDE AND THE FAILED UNIFICATIONS

"Ten Experiments that Shocked Physics"

"Ten Experiments that Shocked Physics"

SIMONE MALACRIDA

In this book, ten experiments that led to a radical change in physical and scientific theories, starting from what happened in the late nineteenth century and ending in the late twentieth century, are set out in great detail.

These experiments are described first by focusing on the problem that prompted the testing of that very experimental apparatus, then by describing the solution found, and finally by exposing the consequence

Simone Malacrida (1977)

Engineer and writer, has worked on research, finance, energy policy and industrial plants.

ANALYTICAL INDEX

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INTRODUCTION

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I – HERTZ AND THE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

The initial problem

The experimental solution

The consequences

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II - MICHELSON, MORLEY AND LUMINIFEROUS ETHER

The initial problem

The experimental solution

The consequences

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III - EINSTEIN AND TIME

The initial problem

The experimental solution

The consequences

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IV - RUTHERFORD AND THE ATOMS

The initial problem

The experimental solution

The consequences

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V - EDDINGTON AND THE CURVED SPACE-TIME

The initial problem

The experimental solution

The consequences

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VI - YOUNG AND THE TWO FEN D ITURES

The initial problem

The experimental solution

The consequences

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VII - STOP AND THE CORE

The initial problem

The experimental solution

The consequences

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VIII - PENZIAS AND CO SMIC RADIATION

The initial problem

The experimental solution

The consequences

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IX - RUBBIA AND THE ELECTROWEAK THEORY

The initial problem

The experimental solution

The consequences

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X - THE SUPER KAMIOKANDE AND THE UNIFICATIONS FAILED

The initial problem

The experimental solution

The consequences

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION

The history of science, and in particular the history of physics, has not continued in a linear fashion during the unfolding of the events of human civilization.

It can be said that, for the majority of its existence, Homo sapiens ignored the scientific foundations underlying Nature.

Even among the ancient civilizations that paid greater attention to natural and astronomical phenomena, science had progressed more by imitation and logic than by a path that we consider essential today: the experimental one.

Modern science, as we conceive it today, was born very late in the history of humanity, roughly between the end of the sixteenth century and the beginning of the seventeenth century, mainly through the work of Galileo Galilei.

We owe Galileo the introduction of the experimental method, the only one able to refute or confirm a theory from the quantitative point of view given by the mathematical formalism.

Since that time the importance of experiments has remained central to physics.

It can be said that a scientific theory must, inevitably, pass the test of experimentation in order to be called such.

Therefore, focusing on the last four centuries, we can see how the path has often been determined by sudden accelerations.

We are dealing with those fundamental passages in science, which in other fields are called "revolutions", which bring the same destructive charge with respect to the previous schemes and a new vitality for future knowledge.

In this book, we focus on just a few of these experiments.

Why only some?