Physical Science

The primary reason objects float is buoyancy, an effect discovered by Archimedes of Syracuse. Basically, this principle states an object will float if it weighs the same as the amount of water it displaces. In other words, a 20 lb….
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Although crossing science and spirituality at anytime is usually something that is destined for dissonance and the burden of interpretation, by laws of what is known of the soul on one side and science on the other, then yes –…
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Archimedes was a Greek scientist, mathematician and engineer. He lived in Syracuse, an ancient Greek city-state. Archimedes was born around 287 BC. He died in 212 BC at the age of 75.  It is believed by some that Archimedes was killed by…
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Static electricity is an electric current that is not moving as it ordinarily moves in an alternating AC or direct current DC. It is caused when two insulator surfaces as shoes and carpet, hair and cap, etc,. each with a…
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To begin a search for a Theory of Everything there must be a starting point. Just, maybe, this little essay could furnish a starting point. OLD DATA/NEW MODEL Reversing the century old interpretation of the Michelson-Morley Experiment and renaming Planck’s…
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The easiest way to understand density and why objects float in water is to walk in the footsteps of a great mathematician. In the third century BC King Hieron II of Syracuse had a problem. A goldsmith had made a…
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Gamma rays are constantly pummeling Earth with extremely high energies. Luckily, our atmosphere stops almost all of this damaging radiation. Gamma rays were discovered by French Physicist Paul Villard in 1900 while doing research on radiation emitted from the element…
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N.A.S.A. has a tradition of producing disposable space exploration items at very high cost. Russian space transporters will take U.S. astronauts to the space station for several years before the Orion spacecraft gets off the ground. N.A.S.A. budget problems are…
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Yuri A. Gagarin (1934-1968) Colonel, former Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin came from humble beginnings. Born on a collective farm, March 9, 1934 100 miles west of Moscow, he was the third of four children. His father worked as a carpenter, cabinetmaker,…
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The Apollo program was the final lap of the Space Race. The Americans were clearly ahead at this point of the Soviets despite their slow start. The Soviets launched two successful satellites into space: Sputnik I and II before the…
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