Relativistic Addition Of Velocities

Relativistic Addition Of Velocities

Someone on this site recently posed the following thought experiment questioning the postulate of special relativity that no object can travel faster than the speed of light - c.  Imagine a one…
Thoughts About Theoretical vs. Applied Science

Thoughts About Theoretical vs. Applied Science

There is often an uncomfortable and artificial hierarchy amongst theorists and experimentalists.  Those exalting pure theory often forget that applied science is an art unto itself as is…
LHC -- Besides the Higgs

LHC -- Besides the Higgs

The Higgs field isn't the only thing the LHC might unearth.  A while back Sean Carroll posted a great discussion of other possibilities including supersymmetry, dark matter and something not yet…
Get a Slice of the Least Action!

Get a Slice of the Least Action!

I have been working in research for 36 years now.  As the millennium turned, and our department found itself being starved of staff like the Hodja’s Donkey, I found myself being called upon to…
Finding Evidence Without An Eyewitness

Finding Evidence Without An Eyewitness

Finding Evidence Without An Eyewitness Hi, my name is Bernie Horvath, I am the author of The Home and School Science Activity Books, Volumes I and II. My goal today is to demonstrate by simple…