A-TomosA-tom, or by Democritos in-divisible. Really? When "yes", when "no"?
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Spectroscopy or ghost science
It begun from Sun
spectrum, and today we can say what was eaten and drunk
on the funeral feast of King Midas
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Mass
spectrometer with magnetic deviation of Aston (1930) |
Mass
spectrometers in Slupsk |
CO2 molecular laser[Science Museum, London] At the funeral feast of King Midas How do the strawberries smell? |
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Invisible amber
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Original Crooks' tubes for studies of cathode rays deviation in a magnetic field[Science Museum, London] |
Original
Crooks' tubes for studies of cathode rays |
Original vacuum diode of Flemming [Science Museum, London] |
First (and the only ?) elementary particle Measurements of electron charge Electrons, DNA and the Evolution An atom, but transparent, an electron, but wave |
Penetrating radiation
Noticed casually,
but studied on purpose by W. Roentgen, served
to discover the DNA structure |
First
tubes for X-(Röntgen) rays |
Synchrotron - a modern source of X - rays |
Early set-ups for Röntgen's rays |
How DNA looks like?Structure of adenovirus RNA obtained by X-rays [Nature] Super poison Röntgen's rays in biology - structure of proteins [DESY, Hamburg] |
Quantum MechanicsHypothesis of "quanta", introduced by Planck, was found useful by Einstein for explanation of the photoelectric effect and for studies of hydrogen spectra. Almost, almost, without wave mechanics Black-body emission spectrum (lamp filament at 3000 K) (more here) |
Wave MechanicsWhat a falling drop has in common with the electron capture in a muriatic acid?
Bohr and (not) his postulates A standing circular wave Hear it ! Can one see electron orbitals? |
Hydrogen - never-ending storyThe simplest atom, brought the most surprises in Physics Sommerfeld: relativistic classicist Atomic Physics in strong electromagnetic fields |
XX Century = Einstein's CenturyFour manuscripts - from March 12th to September 1st. A miracle? An explosion? Plagiarism? Or happy marriage? Four manuscripts that changed the world |
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Divide indivisibleIn 1897, together with the "discovery" of electron, radioactivity emerges - atom has components! Industrious PhD (she) studentFuture science candidates Original
instruments used by Joliot-Curie for artificial radioactivity
studies Replica
of Rutherford's apparatus with which he showed that
alpha particles were helium nuclei. A copy made in Cambridge
in 1998.
A particle from wax Original Chadwick's instruments for studies of neutrons [Deutsche Museum, Monachium] Wilson's chamber, for studies of particle paths [Science Museum, London]
First
English synchrotron from Cambridge (1937)
Let's get to the islandNuclear models How, on Tuesday, we broke the parity [A story by Leon Ledermann] Does the world turn right (II) |
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Quarks and cheese6 quarks in 3 colors, and anti-quarks, and gluons, and leptons: poor God is getting a headache! "Three quarks for Muster Mark" Quarks almost the same, but the smells different ! [note] Hadrons in strong interactions [Gesselshaft fur Schwerionenforschung mbH, Darmstadt] 4A
model of proton and neutron (metal cubes) show another
feature of quarks: The first trace of W boson [CERN] To fly, like higgs on LEP Is this the first Higgs? Cartesius' particles or Newton's
fields ? |
This and other (?) WorldsAnd if we are more than "we" in the Universe? For sure, the dark mass dominates! A look back in time to the beginning of the Universe: more red the galaxy is, the elder its image we get. [HUBBLESITE] A strange star Crab's Nebula. [HUBBLESITE] |
Lonely Planet
How many planets are inhabited? In some time, the Sun will become a red-giant and will burn-out all the life on Earth. But probably not before than five billion years from now on. Why does the CO2 molecule absorb heat? |
From a diode and trans-resistor to Interneti.e. this wonderful, solid body Semiconductors - i.e. Christmas discoveries |
In-dividual or uni-formed?How Bose-Einstein condensate grows? What does it serve for? Experimental
set-up for Bose-Einstein condensation
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Physics alive |