Physics Experiments: No Spill?
Simon trying to build a device that allows to carry a cup without spilling the liquid, i.e. with a minimum lateral acceleration to the cup. Extra footage of us having … Continue reading Physics Experiments: No Spill?
Category: Physics
Geomag Gravity Engine
Simon is very interested in gravity engines, especially since he learned that such engines are being used in real life as safe alternatives in remote areas with no power supply … Continue reading Geomag Gravity Engine
About Maxwell
Simon: You can derive the speed of light from Maxwell’s equations. Me: Because they used to think it was infinite, right? Simon: Maxwell’s equations aren’t invariant to the Galilean transformation, … Continue reading About Maxwell
More quantum physics: quarks hit by photons and what does a z boson do?
Simon told me about strong force and what happens to a quark inside a nucleon if a high energy photon hits it and pushes it outside the nucleon: a new … Continue reading More quantum physics: quarks hit by photons and what does a z boson do?
Simon studying Feynman diagrams
Learned via the Fermilab channel.
The Lorentz factor
Simon has just graphed this to show how the Lorentz factor or gamma ( on the y axis) is dependent on the speed of the object (the x axis). The … Continue reading The Lorentz factor
The math behind why we can’t travel faster than light
Simon walks you through several special relativity paradoxes and a brief proof of why nothing can move faster than light. He shows the working out of the distance formula. Based … Continue reading The math behind why we can’t travel faster than light
Amsterdam Light Festival
Simon’s first long boat trip, to see all the artwork presented at the Amsterdam Light Festival this year. Pleasantly surprised at how many pieces were inspired with his favorite themes … Continue reading Amsterdam Light Festival
Fundamental Frequency
We were reading “17 Equations that Changed the World” late last night, the chapter about the wave equation. Simon got all excited about timbres (shapes of sound waves), that are … Continue reading Fundamental Frequency
Science Day in Belgium
Yesterday we attended one of the hundreds of Science Days venues open for free all over Belgium. Simon particularly enjoyed chemistry demos, even though he was disappointed that some companies … Continue reading Science Day in Belgium
Molecules
Simon is seriously enjoying his new Molymod chemistry modeling sets and has been obsessing about which set contains what atoms and bonds. Alcohol (Ethanol): Hurray! We have just built 7,333333333333 … Continue reading Molecules
Geeks out of the box 