Sentences with phrase «of modern physics»

He has been referred to as the «father of modern astronomy», as the «father of modern physics», and as «father of science».

That the speed of light in free space is constant is a cornerstone of modern physics.

It is equally possible to arrive at this organic conception of the world if we start from the fundamental notions of modern physics, instead of... from psychology and physiology.

In fact, it also makes up a tiny fraction of modern physics.

But the confusion of modern physics had not stopped progress in prediction and control, and many physicists abandoned the effort to understand.

There is a good analogue from the field of modern physics which will clarify our answer about relativity of values.

This fits the facts of modern physics, because as I have just said, all particles can be created and destroyed and transformed, and so on.

Second, it's because most of the modern physics is only concerned with one kind of causation, that's called horizontal causation.

Both relativity and quantum theory break with the assumptions of modern physics and call for fundamental reconstruction of the scientific program.

And the advantages of some of the principles for making contact with principles of modern physics, such as quantum physics, is readily apparent.

His alternative not only eliminates dark matter, it strikes at the heart of modern physics.

Things are different, say, in physics, where the doctrine of modern physics is written in the language of its theoretical foundation.

Both exhibitions will explore the creation and dissemination of physics during the late 19th century, a crucial period in the evolution of modern physics.

I know of no better one - volume guide to the edges of modern physics.

He is often regarded as the father of modern physics.

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are to blame for global warming since the 1970s and not carbon dioxide, according to new research from the University of Waterloo published in the International Journal of Modern Physics B this week.

Working in their spare time, the two researchers coauthored a 57 - page paper in the journal Reviews of Modern Physics that detailed a succession of future apocalypses: the death of the sun, the end of the stars, and multiple scenarios for the fate of the universe as a whole.

Einstein's theory of general relativity revolutionised our understanding of gravity and is one of the great pillars of modern physics.

Where else since the 17th century scientific «Revolution» has a prominent Catholic thinker uttered statements such as «the discoveries of modern physics actually strengthen the ancient argument from design», or «the idea of «purpose» in nature is by no means dead....

Stephen M. Barr is professor of physics at the University of Delaware and author of Modern Physics and Ancient Faith and A Student's Guide to Natural Science.

Meticulous measurements of pulsars» timekeeping might just solve one of the biggest mysteries of modern physics: the whereabouts of gravitational waves.

Not a philosopher himself, Keener offers little that is novel or groundbreaking in the way of refutation, but he nevertheless marshals an impressive host of thinkers as he painstakingly shows how Hume's argument must assume atheism or deism to work and how Hume's metaphysics fails in light of modern physics.

In the third section of more detailed chapters he tackles the central questions of modern physics: the interpretation of the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics.

Wheeler believes the quest for an answer to that question inevitably entails wrestling with the implications of one of the strangest aspects of modern physics: According to the rules of quantum mechanics, our observations influence the universe at the most fundamental levels.

We'll address soon some of the major puzzles of modern physics like the origin of mass, the grand unification of forces and the presence of abundant dark matter in the universe.

In September, the OPERA experiment in Gran Sasso, Italy, announced that neutrinos, ghostly subatomic particles, had seemingly travelled faster than light in apparent violation of a bedrock of modern physics, Einstein's theory of special relativity.

Wahlberg gives the example of high school students who learn propositional truths of modern physics from textbooks.

Physicist David Bohm, who dares to speculate on what he considers to be the philosophical implications of modern physics, asks whether thought itself might not be part of reality as a whole.

Hence, Whitehead's work did not deflect the development of modern physics.

Ward believes that «many of the conclusions of modern physics delineate a picture of the universe which ever more clearly helps one to understand how suffering and destruction are necessary features of a universe».

In his powwow with DISCOVER contributing editor Susan Kruglinksi, Penrose did not flinch from questioning the central tenets of modern physics, including string theory and quantum mechanics.

The Lindau meeting is a phenomenal opportunity to learn from the scientists who defined much of modern physics and from some of the people who might define the future.

The Raabs have also funded prizes for a popular and important KITP program that brings high school educators from around the country to UCSB each year to interact with renowned scientists on the most exciting and current areas of modern physics research.

For years Hawking thought that quantum mechanics — the foundation of modern physics — would have to change.

It ignores the reasons why the machines function as they do — reasons that the explanations of modern physics reduce to simplicities as elegant as they are elusive.

«If the word «random» necessarily entails the idea that some events are «unguided» in the sense of falling «outside the bounds of divine providence,» we should have to condemn as incompatible with Christian faith a great deal of modern physics, chemistry, geology, and astronomy, as well as biology,» he wrote.

Galileo's Dialogue Concerning Two New Sciences, the foundational text of modern physics, begins with an inquiry into the building of strong but buoyant warships, and ends with an analysis of the parabolic motion of projectiles, which allows for highly accurate artillery fire.

Dr Peter Hodgson, formerly head of the Nuclear Physics theoretical division at the University of Oxford, has long been involved in the science — faith debate and has contributed widely to the Catholic Church's appreciation of modern physics, especially as a consultant to the Pontifical Council of Culture.

W. C. Michels and A. L. Patterson, Elements of Modern Physics, pp. 1 - 2.

Well, in terms of modern physics, that's like asking, «What was before the Big Bang?»