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'Pale blue dot', written by Carl Sagan and read by Neil deGrasse Tyson. How can physics be this poetic?
34 Tauri - The planet that was once a star .pdfFrom the book History of the universe in 100 stars, German astronomer, Florian Freistetter describes how Tauri-34 was misidentified.
Costing aboutn $5Billion to build, how can such expense be justified for a pure physics research project? "Rock-star physicist" Brian Cox talks about his work on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Discussing the biggest of big science in an engaging, accessible way, Cox brings us along on a tour of the massive project.
Can physics be described as beautiful? Armed with a sense of humor and laypeople's terms, Nobel winner Murray Gell-Mann drops some knowledge on TEDsters about particle physics, asking questions like, Are elegant equations more likely to be right than inelegant ones?
Can't resist one final clip of Carl Sagan speaking about the voyager missions as they leave the solar system.
What is physics? A more difficult question to answer than you would think! Well explained in this video from the University of Bristol.
Vertical aerospace: Bristol based innovative company
Recommended book list
A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality - John Gribben
The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe- Steven Weinberg
The Quantum Universe: (and Why Anything That Can Happen, Does) - Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw
Why Does E=mc2? (And Why Should We Care?) - Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw
Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe - Martin Rees
Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe - Simon Singh
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher - Richard Feynman
The New Science of Strong Materials or Why You Don't Fall through the Floor - J.E. Gordon
The Universe in a Nutshell - Stephen Hawking
Seventeen Equations That Changed the World - Ian Stewart
What We Cannot Know - Marcus de Sautoy
Chaos: Making a New Science - James Gleik
What if? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions - Randall Munroe
Particle Physics Brick by Brick - Ben Still
Deep Down Things: The Breathtaking Beauty of Particle Physics - Bruce A Schumm
Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World - Mark Miodownik
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