Physics Essays and Term Papers

in 1879. When he was Four and sick in bed, Albert Einstein's father gave him a magnetic compass. Albert practiced turning the compass every which way, soon becoming fascinated by the new toy. No matter which way he turned it, the needle would…

if one of the four fundamental forces in the universe. Thoughthe fundamental principles of it eluded scientists until Sir Isaac Newton was able to mathematically describe it in 1687 (Eddington 93). Gravity plays a serious part in everyday actions as…

1 4.4n2 + 6n + 2 5.2n3 + 3n2 + n To get these formulas I did the following 1.Take side 'a' for the first five terms 3, 5, 7, 9, 11. From these numbers you can see that the formula is 2n + 1 because these are consecutive odd numbers (2n + 1 is the…

resistance varies with temperature for a metallic conductor, insulators, and semiconductor diodes. What exactly are these things? A semiconductor is a material having resistivity between that of a conductor and an insulator. It usually has a negative…

as of technology. The determination to launch was made under so much emotional pressure that standard measures of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration were avoided, and the objections of specialists and engineers were either…

we have reached an area outside Earth. "In the past 10 years, with an aging space shuttle, a costly space station and missions mired in lower Earth orbit, the human program has languished, while the unmanned program has leapfrogged ahead with a string…

of lunar bases they normally think about sci-fi movies and books, but to some people this is a serious subject that takes some further investigation. One of the first projects that dealt with lunar bases on the moon would be Project Horizon. Project…

and dreaming of what lies beyond our planet. The universe that we live in is so diverse and unique, and it interests us to learn about all the variance that lies beyond our grasp. Within this marvel of wonders, our universe holds a mystery that is very…

would look exactly like it does on Earth. Is this true? It could be, with the idea of the O'Neill Island 3. The O' Neill is a space habitat, that is an air tight bottle with a length of 30 kilometers and a radius of 3 kilometers. The outside of the…

After we went to the Moon with Apollo 11, we somewhat lost interest in learning more about lunar bases after that. We still saw lunar bases in sci-fi books and movies but that was about it. Some people now who have more money than they know…