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Scientists uncover Feynman’s formula for finding best holiday restaurant

Late physicist turned issue of when to stop searching for a better place to eat into mathematical problemWhen it comes to exploring a new city, it can be tricky to know when to sto...

Love After Life: Nobel-Winning Physicist Richard Feynman’s Extraordinary Letter to His Departed Wife

Where the hard edge of physics meets the vulnerable metaphysics of the human heart.

Richard Feynman’s formula for the best holiday restaurant

According to Feynman’s approach, in this context, people should try a different restaurant each night until they find one that exceeds a particular threshold that reflects a desire...

Solution to Feynman's reverse sprinkler puzzle also applies to "silly sprinklers"

New study confirms 2024 "momentum flux theory" on how angular momentum of water flows drives rotation.

Jazz and quantum mechanics: Eventually Dmitri realized that they are kind of similar

Dmitri Tymoczko pointed me to this article by John Baez explaining general relativity. I replied that this seems like some very important stuff, but I’m devoting all of that part o...

Book Freak #217: The Nature of the Physical World

Arthur Eddington on the Strange Gap Between Science and Experience

A tool for learning about Fourier transforms

Eric Novik came by my talk the other day and we were chatting about a number of things, including how much we forget as the years go by. I remarked that I used to be very comfortab...

The Map of Physics: Animation Shows How All the Different Fields in Physics Fit Together

From Newton’s mechanical calculations to Einstein’s general and special relativity to the baffling indeterminacy of quantum mechanics, the discipline of physics has become increasi...

How math can help you decide what to order for dinner

An experiment with 2,520 participants backs Richard Feynman’s answer to every diner’s dilemma: do I want to try something new?

2-loop computation of Bhabha scattering amplitude

I’m taking a quantum field theory (QFT) class and we are now studying quantum electrodynamics (QED). The latest assignment is about computing the cross section of the Bhabha scatte...

'Friction' from light seen in strange new physics experiment

Light could put the brakes on material diffusing through a solution, and the reason why touches on some of the stranger corners of quantum mechanics.Continue ReadingCategory:

Essay: Adventures Exploring the World and Unchartered Physics Territory

My Early Youth I was born in 1976 in Valencia (Spain) into a middle-class family. I am the second of four brothers. My parents did not have the opportunity to go to college, as the...

New Physics Is Always Tentative; Here’s Why

The prime example of all difficulties for new theories in physics relates to the ultimate origin of everything. Source

Why we should all take quantum physics extremely personally

Physics is considered a cold, hard science – but it will transform your life if you view it with a bit more subjectivity, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Physicists made a tiny expanding universe to watch time unfold

Often attributed to Albert Einstein, the quote by science-fiction writer Ray Cummings still serves as the most succinct explanation for one of the most fundamental features of our...

All the Fancy Measuring Devices Used in Science Rely on Two Stone-Age Techniques

The multifarious methods we use to gather experimental data ultimately boil down to counting or comparing.

Baryon Asymmetry

From ideas to industry: a theoretical physicist’s journey into Silicon Valley

From a classroom science demonstration to using quantum optics to improve the energy efficiency of deep learning – Ryan Hamerly on his career path The post From ideas to industry:...

Chauffeur Knowledge

Charlie Munger on Max Planck. The post Chauffeur Knowledge appeared first on A Wealth of Common Sense. ...

When Albert Einstein & Charlie Chaplin Met and Became Fast Famous Friends (1930)

Photo via Wikimedia Commons “You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother,” goes a well-known quote attributed variously to Albert Einstein,...

Researchers Claim to Have Solved the Perplexing ‘Reverse Sprinkler’ Problem That Stumped Feynman

Physicists have debated which way a submerged sprinkler sucking in water would spin. Careful experiments provide an answer.

Physicists Set Sail on a Strange Quantum State Called a Fractional Fermi Sea

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — In a new study published in Phys­ical Review Letters, a team of the Nägerl group jointly with theory collab­o­rator Alvise Bastianello from the CNRS a...

Remembering A. Neil Pappalardo EE ’64: Visionary Founder of the Pappalardo Fellowships Program

The MIT Department of Physics recently gathered to honor and celebrate the extraordinary life, passion, and legacy of A. Neil Pappalardo EE ’64, the beloved founder of the Pappalar...

Alan Lightman on his childhood in science

The story of the author’s extremely early career